While cutting, the laser creates hemostasis; the absence of bleeding ensures excellent visibility and enables the surgeon to remove the meibomian adenoma quickly, with high precision and great cosmetic outcome.
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The CO2 laser gives the surgeon the opportunity to make smaller, precise incisions from which to remove tumors with enough skin preserved to close the incision without grafting or significant movement restriction in the patient.
There are some important things to consider when selecting a surgical veterinary laser including the delivery system, laser modes and power output, laser tube technology and cooling system, and learning about the company and the warranties available.
In ventral abdomen surgery, the CO2 laser offers numerous advantages over the conventional steel blade. Mainly, it is the precision of the cut and the ability to seal blood vessels along the incision.
The majority of our clients consider their pets part of the family. These clients want to pursue any reasonable option available to increase the quality and quantity of time that they can spend with their loved ones.
Romeo, a 5-year-old goldfish who lives alone in a 20-liter aquarium, was brought in for a consultation regarding a mass located close to the distal part of the dorsal fin. The mass had been evolving for a few weeks, during which there were no noted changes in Romeo’s behavior.
Stenotic nares are a key component of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome. Elective surgical intervention at an early age can minimize and sometimes completely eliminate clinical signs of BOAS. CO2 laser surgical correction of stenotic nares is simple and easy and yields a very gratifying cosmetic result.
The surgical CO2 laser allows for an almost completely bloodless surgical castration procedure with a rapid and uneventful recovery.
Surgical laser ablation has provided long-term control of the inflammation in a number of our adult feline patients with persistent caudal stomatitis despite extractions.
The ability to visualize the surgical field without hemorrhage and the enhanced dissection afforded by using a surgical laser speeds up the procedure and causes much less trauma to sensitive perineal tissues.
The numerous advantages of CO2 laser surgery— minimal hemorrhage, excellent visibility of the surgical site, precision and control over the amount of tissue removed and reduced post-op swelling— are invaluable in veterinary gynecology.
Interdigital pododermatitis in dogs has many causes, one of which is follicular cysts that repeatedly rupture and cause draining hemorrhagic tracts in the interdigital spaces of dogs.
