My cat Monkey has a large pseudocyst outside his liver with several other cysts inside the liver. Very rare. The challenge for this board certified surgeon would be to remove the outer cyst without disturbing the others that could leak bile into the abdominal cavity which would be terminal. So it's risky. Imagine fluid filled balloons all connected together and trying to remove the top one, sealing off the others, to prevent leakage. The surgeon is suggesting as a first step to do exploratory surgery. To me this means he would like to open up my cat and just have a good look around. Is that what it would mean to you? To me it means two surgeries. First a preview to see if anything can be done and then the real one after. I don't like putting my cat through two surgeries. Opinions?