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Laser Surgery
Surgery becomes fast and accurate
and, as a result, even more gentle when a laser beam is
used.
 We
feel so strongly about the benefits of Laser Surgery that
it has become standard procedure for most of our surgical
procedures.
Our Carbon Dioxide Laser produces
an invisible beam of light, which heats and vaporizes tissue
almost
instantaneously without any physical contact. This is
done so precisely that the normal surrounding tissues are
hardly
affected at all. Since laser light is the only thing
touching your pet during an incision, there is essentially
no tearing,
crushing or bruising of tissue.
Another huge benefit is that
the laser beam also seals cut blood vessels and cut nerve
endings as it goes. For your pet, this means:
• less
patient pain
• less bleeding
• less swelling
• lessened risk of post-op infection
• faster recovery and return to normal function
One of the most remarkable advantages of Laser Surgery is the ability to perform
laser assisted feline declawing.
Anyone who has been through
this procedure with their pet in the past probably knows
how uncomfortable our little fur-balls can be afterwards
when conventional surgical methods are used. Well,
not any longer. In fact, as a matter of policy, we
will not perform the surgical declawing of cats without
the laser because the effect has been so amazingly effective.
In this procedure especially, laser incisions dramatically
decrease the pain involved. Cats surgically de-clawed with
benefit of the laser are almost always walking nearly 100%
normal ~ 24 hours after their surgery.
 Laser
surgery has also revolutionized our ability to treat birds and
non-traditional pets, such as ferrets, reptiles, rabbits and
so on. Operating on these animals has always carried some
significant risk because their little bodies can afford
to lose so little blood. Now, with the advantages of the
laser, these small pets have a much better chance of surviving
surgery as compared to traditional “cold steel” surgical
methods.
At Chastain Veterinary Medical
Group, we could not be more enthusiastic about Laser Surgery.
It's the best!
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