Therefore, I will recommend surgery only if the risk associated with surgery is less than the risk of continuing with medical management. There is always a small risk the dog may not make it through anesthesia/surgery, is permanently worse, or never improves.
1 The blood tests most frequently used for liver disease are the aminotransferases (alanine aminotransferase or ALT and aspartate aminotransferase or AST). 2  Normal levels of ALT ranges from about 7-56 units/liter, and 10-40units/liters for AST.
Liver Function Testing (LFTs) is a blood test used to evaluate various functions of the liver, as metabolism, storage, filtration, and excertion. Certain conditions, medication or alcohol may affect the functionof the liver and will be demonstrated as abnormalities in certain parameters measured with this test.