Evaluación de la cicatrización cutánea asistida por láser (LASH) en perros y gatos intervenidos quirúrgicamente en una clínica veterinaria de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

In veterinary medicine, the last step of a surgical intervention is the closure of the incision, unlike surgeries in human medicine, the importance of the appearance of these wounds is not considered because the patient's perception of the wound is not expected. cutaneous scar that they develop. The aim of this study was to assess laser-assisted skin healing (LASH) in dogs and cats undergoing surgery at the Niuvet Veterinary Clinic using healing times on the Vancouver scale. It was a non-experimental descriptive cross-sectional investigation; since, in the veterinary clinic, all the patients who enter surgery received laser therapy in their recoveries; therefore, none of the variables to be studied were modified. The 80 cases of patients undergoing different surgical interventions were characterized as presented. The results showed that 38.75% of the patients received laser therapy for less than 5 days, 31.25% for 5 to 7 days and 30.00% for more than 7 days. On day 21 after starting the therapy, 100.00% of the patients had normal pigmentation and vascularity, 93.75% normal flexibility and height, while the other 6.26% had a height of less than 1 mm and contracture flexibility. In addition, a statistically significant difference (p-value: < 0.05) was observed between dogs and cats assisted with laser therapy after surgical intervention.