Clinical treatment performed by Dr.ssa Sciacca using LUXYVET Laser on a fistulated abscess

Why is it important to have a veterinary laser in your clinic? The extraordinary effects of Laser Decontamination and Biostimulation

The lasers of the LUXYVET family interact with biological tissues producing 5 main effects: Decontamination, Biostimulation, Anti-inflammatory effect, analgesic effect and haemostasis.

This clinical case highlights the effectiveness of two of these effects: the Decontaminating effect and the Biostimulation effect.

Laser decontamination is produced by the ability of light radiation to interact with the pathogenic bacterial flora, destroying it but at the same time leaving the rest of the biological tissue unchanged. This operating mechanism, which is not based on a chemical interaction, makes it very effective even in cases where the bacterial colony proves to be antibiotic resistant.

The Biostimulation effect, on the other hand, is based on the characteristic of infrared light radiation to accelerate those natural regenerative processes typical of tissues through the production of ATP with a consequent increase in collagen and the matrix structures of the biological tissue.

The Patient is a female cat approximately 1 month old, collected from a cat colony, who presented an infected wound caused by a bite on the head. This wound had produced fistulous abscesses with collection of purulent fluid.

The operation was performed by Dr. Cristina Sciacca in her veterinary clinic in Marsala (Trapani Italy) using a DG-8 VET LUXYVET diode laser.

Among the preset procedures, the laser includes a specific one for this type of treatment: "Fistula".

It involves the use of a 300 micron optical fiber, 1 watt of emission power in continuous mode, for a time of 20 seconds which, in the specific case of a very young patient, was reduced to 10 seconds of application. The doctor proceeded to insert the optical fiber inside the first fistulized canal until reaching the collection of purulent liquid with granulation tissue, which had caused tissue colonization with the 2 fistulized openings. She then also applied the same protocol for the treatment of the second fistula present and proceeded with a retrograde movement out of the abscess collection until the end of the fistulous path, resulting in a complete and effective detoxification and decontamination of the infected tissue.

The effect of the laser photons, with this specific wavelength, produced the complete and immediate elimination of the pathogenic bacterial flora of the infected tissue, triggered by the breakdown of the protein macromolecules with the breaking of the hydrogen bonds.

The subsequent Biostimulation treatment, with the treatment of the same name preset on the device, involves the use of a therapeutic handpiece that scans the area to be treated for 1 minute, a few millimeters from the tissue, and a power of 0.5 watts, creating the conditions for rapid tissue regeneration.

The Biostimulation treatment also triggers a disinflammatory effect, drastically decreasing the concentration of pro-inflammatory molecules such as Cytokines, Interleukins, TNF alpha, analgesics, and rapidly triggering the reparative processes for an overproduction of ATP catalyzing the fibrillogenesis of collagen.

The effects are documented and verifiable from the images of the young patient in the pre-treatment, the first follow-up control at 5 days and in the subsequent 10 days where the infected and granulation tissue is no longer present, the abscess has been absorbed and the fistulous accesses have become obliterated.

Without the aid of drugs and a single application of Laser Luxyvet, the patient appears completely healed after 1 week.

We are thankful to Dr. Sciacca for her precious collaboration and for the photos she provided us for the description of this case.