Laser Surgery
Laser Surgery means: Less pain, Less Bleeding, Less Swelling, Quicker Recovery. A rapidly growing number of Washington veterinarians are among the first in the world to offer surgical laser capabilities for animals.
Once only the dream of science fiction writers, the power of a laser can now be harnessed to provide a wide variety of veterinary surgical applications with truly amazing results. We are very experienced at Best Friend's Veterinary Center having used the laser on over 1,000 procedures in the last 5 years.
The word LASER is an acronym for "Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation." In effect, a laser beam is a highly concentrated and powerful beam of light that interacts with tissue in some remarkable ways. Veterinarians use Carbon Dioxide (CO2) lasers because of their incredible precision. The laser beam is so accurate that an area less than one millimeter in diameter can be treated, while scarcely affecting surrounding tissue. This is extremely important in lesions and tumors around the eyes and in the mouth.