Veterinary Laser Surgery: A Practical GuideISBN: 978-0-8138-0678-5
Hardcover
234 pages
June 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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Surgical and therapeutic use of lasers began in human medicine in
the early 1960s. Technology and equipment advanced rapidly. Over
the last ten years veterinarians have been exploring the many
potential advantages that various lasers provide their patients.
Because laser light energy can be applied directly to target tissue
or administered to distant lesions at a remote site through
fiberoptic components, laser surgery has become an invaluable and
growing veterinary surgical resource. Unlike many medical
technologies, the size, reliability, and portability of lasers have
improved so rapidly that they are now both economically and
practically feasible for the general and specialty veterinarian.
Routine laser use in veterinary medicine stands poised to gain
large-scale general acceptance for everyday routine and specialty
procedures.
Written by experts in the field, Veterinary Laser Surgery: A
Practical Guide strives to help general and specialty
veterinary practitioners understand, implement and expand the use
of laser energy in safe and rational ways for both surgical and
therapeutic procedures to further improvement the veterinarians
ability to enhance the patient’s quality of life.
- PRACTICAL PICTORIAL GUIDE / ATLAS feature that includes 31 case
studies of the most common laser surgery procedures. Broad spectrum
of specific laser information, including chapters covering basic
laser physics through specific laser surgery techniques and pain
management.
- Special sections on CO2 and Diode laser wavelengths.
- Provides veterinarians with skills and techniques to improve
the comfort and quality of patients’ lives through
appropriate laser use.
- User-friendly format makes referencing easy.
- A practical reference for specialty and general veterinarians.