Lasers in the surgical treatment of canine prostatic neoplasia and selected tumours of the male reproductive system

Abstract

Light-based technologies are applied in various fields of medicine: for example optical diagnostics, light-activated therapy and surgery. Although light-based surgical procedures had hardly been a novelty, the revolutionizing moment for surgery came with the first use of light to cut tissue. Nowadays, surgical lasers are routinely used across numerous medical specialties, including gynaecology and urology. They are a part of the surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate carcinoma, penis carcinoma, genital skin lesions and orchidectomy. While in human urology lasers How to cite this article: Tunikowska J, Prządka P, Kiełbowicz Z. Lasers in the surgical treatment of canine prostatic neoplasia and selected tumours of the male reproductive system.

Diseases of the Canine Prostate Gland

“…The gland has to be pulled forward to be able to perform the biopsy on the ventrolateral surface. The wound is closed with single sutures, including the capsule and parenchyma [125]. Histologically, a prostatic adenocarcinoma can be differentiated from a prostatic carcinoma, urothelial, and tumors of mixed morphology [124,126].…”

“…the vascularization and the pigment since the absorption spectrum can be influenced by melanin, hemoglobin, and water. For prostatectomy, the CO 2 laser in combination with electrocautery was proven advantageous [141].…”