{"id":11531,"date":"2025-12-05T17:28:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/?p=11531"},"modified":"2025-12-05T17:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:43:57","slug":"is-surgery-risky-for-older-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/en\/is-surgery-risky-for-older-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Is surgery risky for older animals?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11531\" class=\"elementor elementor-11531 elementor-11524\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f7a01a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f7a01a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7931515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7931515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-article-banners-2025-12-05T172916.018-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11526\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-article-banners-2025-12-05T172916.018-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-article-banners-2025-12-05T172916.018-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-article-banners-2025-12-05T172916.018-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hvoc.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Website-article-banners-2025-12-05T172916.018.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d13949 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d13949\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7faf3e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7faf3e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is generally accepted that surgery in older animals is as safe as it is in younger animals, provided no major co-morbidities exist. 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