Secondary closure in a horse A four-year-old jumping horse is presented with an injury to the common digital extensor tendon in the left rear limb. The patient underwent surgery for the injury. However, a lack of tendon strength means that…
Stimulating fibroblast cells with laser therapy The people at DoctorVet believe that science is essential for demonstrating the benefits of laser therapy. This blog entry offers a summary of the article published in 2014 by Dr. Martignago et al entitled…
Treating an infected wound with laser therapy The patient is a Peruvian dog breed aged four years, weighing 6.7 Kg, 4/9 body condition score, entire male. It has a diet of dried and home-made food. The patient was attacked by…
A new year’s resolution for the new year? 2021 is drawing to a close. This year was defined by our attempts to return to normality and, in the field of veterinary medicine, a heavy workload fortunately. As is the case…
The Effect of Phototherapy on Neutrophils Besides being considered as an emerging medical technique and although more studies are needed on the unification of parameters and application techniques, many scientific articles have been written on laser therapy that show its…
Increasingly more powerful devices within the class IV laser category are being used in veterinary medicine and this leads to many questions about laser power.
Power is defined as the ratio at which energy is emitted, received or transferred, or the efficacy or speed with which that energy is supplied.
Laser therapy works but what actually matters? In the blog post entitled “Are you thinking about buying a Therapeutic Laser Device?”, we explained the importance of considering the specific features of these devices and understanding the nature of laser therapy.…
