Laser Surgery
Providing the best for your pet
St. Marks Veterinary Hospital is committed to providing state-of-the-art veterinary care. We are one of the first facilities in New York City to offer the benefits of laser surgery for your pet. The 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. Pet surgery is made gentler with laser surgery.
The laser does not tear, crush or bruise tissue due to the lack of physical contact. It is able to seal nerve endings and small blood vessels as it "cuts." The combined effect of laser surgery provides the following benefits:
- less pain
- less bleeding
- less swelling
- reduced risk of infection
- faster recovery
One of the most remarkable advantages of laser surgery is the ability to perform a Laser Declaw. This new technique is much more humane than the traditional method of declawing as it dramatically decreases the pain involved. Bandages are not necessary, as there is very minimal bleeding. Cats return to normal activity soon after the procedure.
Perhaps nowhere are the benefits of laser so dramatic as with avian and exotic pets. Operating on small mammals, birds and reptiles has always carried a substantial risk because they cannot afford to lose much blood. Now these small pets have a much better chance of surviving surgery as compared to traditional surgery methods.
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