A needle in a haystack

Meet Mollie, the gorgeous English Springer Spaniel who came to see our surgical team recently after being referred by Cherrydown Vets (like us, also part of Linnaeus Group) for a foreign body in the roof of her mouth.

Mollie had been taken to Cherrydown Vets for dental problems after getting a stick lodged in the roof of her mouth, which had then become infected. X-Rays were performed and the Cherrydown team discovered that she had a foreign body in the roof of her mouth.  

Mollie came to Southfields for further examination and a CT scan was performed. A 2.5cm hypodermic needle was identified on the right caudal aspect of the hard palate (roof of mouth). Mollie was taken straight to theatre where Specialist surgeon, Esteban Gonzalez-Gasch, and surgical intern, Samar Riziq, successfully removed the needle.  

Mollie recovered very well from surgery and was back to her very happy self in no time!