June 30th, 2023
Laser Endoscopy and Mini-invasive Surgery in Veterinary Medicine
Laser endoscopy technique, already used in Human Medicine for years, has started to be exploited also in Veterinary Medicine for many aspects. It allows to inspect and analyse some body cavities, operate inside organs and soft tissues, perform biopsies, detect and treat certain diseases. Specific tools are used to perform laser endoscopy, such as the Surgical lasers manufactured by Fisioline.
How is laser endoscopy performed?
It is possible to carry out many surgeries endoscopically by using the laser technology, with a mini-invasive technique.
The laser surgical optical fiber of Lumix® Surgery Dual Veterinary or Lumix® Surgery Veterinary is inserted in the operating channels, on rigid endoscopes (or through operating sheaths) and on flexible endoscopes.
Both Fisioline® laser devices have pre-set protocols, dedicated to laser endoscopy, with application videos that are accessible in the technology.
Which operations can be performed with laser endoscopy?
Mini-invasive endoscopic surgery finds application in many fields related to dogs and cats including:
• ectopic ureter
• nasopharyngeal, aural, bladder polyp
• removal of intestinal and gastric polyp
• vapourisation of the cuneiform processes of the arytenoid cartilages
• soft palate reduction
• vaporisation of hypertrophic nasal turbinates
• cauterization of gastric ulcers
What are the advantages of laser endoscopy and mini-invasive surgery?
- Mini- invasive endoscopic laser surgery allows to intervene through a very small operating channel compared to the incision of a traditional surgery. This results in a decreased likelihood of complications and extremely rapid post-surgical recovery.
- Laser surgery allows the almost total absence of bleeding during the surgery and there is no need for stitches, because the laser vaporises and therefore coagulates.
- Since the optical fiber is electricity-free, it allows to work quietly in liquids (eg in the bladder and possibility of working in immersion in the nasal cavities).
- Absence (or limited use) of medications and painkillers after surgery.
