For first time in Georgia veterinary surgeons perform limb prosthesis operation on cat

The veterinary surgeons of the Veterinary Clinic of the Agricultural University of Georgia performed a limb prosthesis operation on a cat for the first time in Georgia.

The surgeons used the anatomic prosthesis, which was moulded from titanium specially for the patient, and the cat, called Hyatt, is undergoing rehabilitation at the Clinic, the Agricultural University’s Veterinary Clinic said on Friday.

Photo via Agricultural University’s Veterinary Clinic

The graduates of the Agriculture University, a surgeon Lasha-Giorgi Japaridze and an assistant surgeon Giorgi Chikvatia performed the operation on the cat’s hind limb.