Register to learn about veterinary laser surgery from leaders and pioneers at the American Laser Study Club (ALSC)’ 5th Annual Symposium!! The 2022 Veterinary Laser Surgery Symposium will take place in…
Watch in realtime VetScalpel CO2 laser SuperPulse incisions. These full-thickness incisions are quick and precise with no charring, no bleeding, and no noticeable inflammation.
Watch as David Duclos, DVM, DACVD, uses his VetScalpel CO2 laser at 40 watts continuous wave to ablate tumor's in a cat's ear (apocrine cystomatosis). The laser is used to…
Veterinary dermatologist David Duclos, DVM, DACVD, uses a VetScalpel CO2 laser to perform a tumor excision. The VetScalpel laser is set to 30 watts of SuperPulse power, which is the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0KPT_hsUCQ In this interview David Duclos, DVM, DACVD, shares his experience using CO2 lasers that started back in 1990. Through the years Dr. Duclos has developed many novel dermatological laser…
Feline bowenoid in situ carcinoma (BISC), also known as multicentric squamous cell carcinoma in situ, is an uncommon premalignant neoplasm histologically similar to Bowen’s disease in humans. BISC lesions are…
In this article, a surgical CO2 laser was used to treat a dog's elbow follicular cysts. Follicular cysts are caused by keratin trapped in a hair follicle, and they are…
11-year-old male miniature schnauzer, was presented for chronic inflammation, severe swelling and ulceration of P3 on the right forelimb, digit 3. It appeared that the claw on the affected digit…
The CO2 laser provides the surgeon with the superior ability to control the fluence by easily changing spot sizes, power settings and to switch between continuous wave to SuperPulse modes;…
It is now fair to say that various surgical lasers have extended the operative precision, range, and morbidity reduction in small animal surgery. Equine upper airway surgery has also been revolutionized, and there are certainly many applications yet to be developed.
Stephen W. Crane, DVM
“Lasers in Medicine and Surgery”, Vet Clin Small Anim 32 (2002) xi-xii. Elsevier Science (USA)
Even though I am not compensated for laser use, I can't stand to do surgery without my laser.