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In recent years there has been boosted interest and development in laser surgery for our pets. Not only is laser surgery typically quicker and less traumatic than the old scalpel blade used for decades but recovery time is quicker, in addition to minimized pain and discomfort.

Among the varied conditions that laser surgery can now be utilized for include feline declaws, routine soft tissue surgery wherever an incision into the skin is made, including routine spays and neuters, as well as deeper surgery inside body cavities, or in a lot more delicate structures such as eyes and ears. even lots of large tumors can be a lot more successfully removed with less bleeding and trauma by using laser surgical techniques over standard soft tissue surgery. In a recent journal article, a pet dog with chronic ear inflammation including severe swelling and closure of the ear canal was treated successfully using therapeutic laser. and in an age where animal guardians are trying to find less invasive and less traumatic surgical techniques.

There are lots of potential benefits to laser surgery, including minimized swelling and inflammation, reduction in pain, as well as even antimicrobial effects when pulsed at high enough energies by the surgeon. I would encourage animal guardians to seek out veterinarians skilled in this growing area of small animal medicine and surgery.

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