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Worried about my dog's uterine infection surgery. Will she be okay?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Lhasa Apso | Female | unspayed | 7 years and 2 months old | 17.63 lbs

My lhasa apso is having uterus infection.and the vet asked to get a surgery done.im a bit scared of the surgery.will she be absolutely fine after surgery.i am really worried

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Answered By Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on May 24th, 2019

The surgery is resolutive after pyometra (uterine infection). There certainly risk related to the anesthesia but Pucky is fit and healthy, there is nothing to be extremely worried about as this procedure is performed routinely. Recovery is usually very quick and improvement is seen in 48hours.

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