Our hospital recently, after numerous conversations, accented with piles of research, leapt forward into the veterinarian medical future.
Our dogs and cats and, yes, even our rodents won’t understand what that high tech piece of machinery housed within surgery can do.
They won’t really care about the massive benefits it can provide for a truly endless array of procedures.
They won’t understand that it shortens their hospitalization time or reduces the amount of bleeding they will experience.
However, they will be vividly aware of one amazing thing. As the anesthesia wears off – as their eyes begin to tentatively open – your pet will become concerned with many things…
Thankfully, one of them will not be the acute sensation of pain which obviously saddles any surgery.
Did you know?
Laser surgery, which human medicine has long embraced due to it’s astonishing results and flexible uses, is now emerging within the field of veterinary medicine…FINALLY, Surgery is just that, surgery.
It is not fun. Often is involves anxiety over recovery time and the animals comfort while healing. Most owners cringe when advised towards having a surgical procedure for their pet. We understand, as all of us are loving mommies and daddies too.
These concerns were the impetus for our hospital to extend our medical services to include laser surgery. We should always strive to provide the absolute best for our furry children – laser surgery opens yet another door though which we can do so.
- Seals Nerve Endings! Lasers, (which is short for light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation), slices tissue by utilizing a beam of light. This beam instantly seals the nerve endings, thus the body registers very little pain, meaning your pet’s recovery is much less traumatic.
- Seals Blood Vessels! Because a laser cuts and cauterizes simultaneously, most blood vessels are sealed, thereby reducing the need for bandaging after surgery. Also, this reduces the surgery time, which lowers the amount of anesthesia used, which ultimately increases the safety of your pet’s surgery. Lasers are so precise that often surgery can be conducted with the use of a local pain block with light sedation, therefore eliminating the use of general anesthesia completely.
- Seals Lymphatic Vessels! Swelling is a constant post-surgical worry. As lasers seal the lymph vessels, (which cause most swelling), there is a welcomed reduction of swelling at the incision site.
- More Precise! Lasers can be used to remove all types of tumors, large to small or down to skin layers as thin as 0.1 millimeters. Additionally, lasers can potentially eliminate the need for sutures all together.
As our relationship with laser surgery grows, we are sincerely amazed and thankful at what our hospital is now able to offer. Our staff would be more than happy to discuss any questions you have pertaining to laser surgery.
Please call (610)-932-2093.
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