Use of Thermography in Reconstructive Surgery Associated With Laser Therapy—Review of Literature

Abstract

Based on temperature charts, infrared skin thermography is widely used in human medicine, but little known in veterinary medicine. The application of the technique allows orthopedic clinical follow-up as well as aids in the diagnosis of breast tumors in humans, due to its ability to correlate vasculature alterations and tissue vitality with modification of the temperature pattern. For this reason it is applied in veterinary medicine for the detection of joint injuries in horses and animal production, little covering the medicine of small animals. Against of these phages the present study aims to elucidate and suggest its use for the diagnosis and postoperative follow-up of reconstructive surgeries in animals, as well as to evaluate therapeutic measures that seek to improve cutaneous healing, such as low power laser therapy.