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My bulldog has an ear hematoma. Is surgery needed and is the price fair?

Updated on September 23, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | English Bulldog | Male | 5 years and 5 months old | 29 lbs

Buona sera DOC, il mio bulldog , Anacleto ha un grosso ematoma all'orecchio destro, abbiamo cercato di curarlo aspirando ma niente da fare e quasi un mese adesso e non si vede nessun miglioramento. Mi hanno suggerito intervento otoematoma e mi chiedono 500 euro. Solo per capire, il prezzo, (lo faccio operare in ogni caso se serve) e giusto o mi chiedono tanto(troppo)? la ringrazio in anticipo e le auguro una buona domenica! Carmelo

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

Veterinarian

Published on March 25, 2018

Buonasera Carmelo.
Sfortunatamente la terapia medica (drenaggio continuo e iniezione di corticosteroidi) in corso di otoematoma ha, nella mia esperienza clinica, scarsa efficacia, risultando in continui interventi e visite di controllo stressanti per il paziente e alquanto frustranti.
Il mio consiglio è di seguire il consiglio del suo veterinario curante, sottoponendo Anacleto alla chirurgia che ha un'altissima percentuale di successo. Il prezzo a mio parere è corretto, considerando i costi di una chirurgia con anestesia completa, le medicazioni e le visite di controllo a seguire.
La prego di considerare che solitamente l'otoematoma è il risultato di un problema che parte dall'orecchio stesso, solitamente affetto da una sottostante infiammazione o infezione che deve essere trattata adeguatamente per evitare recidive.

Hope this answer was helpful, but please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.
A sua disposizione per ulteriori chiarimenti,

Dr. Orioles

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