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.
Normal Range for Liver Function Test Results. The liver is the chemical center of the human body. It helps regulate blood glucose,...ther Tests. Other tests performed during a liver function test may include gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) and cholesterol. GGT is also found in the liver cells and is found in higher blood concentrations when the bile ducts are blocked.