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| Pittston Animal Hospital |
4
O'Connell Street
Pittston PA. 18640
Office hours are
8:00a.m. to 8:00p.m. Mon thru
Fri
Call for appointment (570)
655-2412
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| Wilkes-Barre Animal Hospital |
421
N. Pennsylvania Avenue
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Business Hours are evening only:
8 p.m to 12 a.m. Mon thru
Fri
Please call us at (570) 821-9390
During business hours.
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| Tandojam Charity Animal
Hospital |
Mirpurkhas
Road,
Tandojam City Dist.
Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Phone 92 221 765442
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Laser
surgery to make pet trips to vets less painful
Gulf News, Dubai 10-02-2004
By
Jay B. Hilotin |
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Dr Kathio
demonstrating new surgery techniques.
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Veterinarians working at the municipality's animal hospital
here would soon be able to make trips to their operating
rooms less painful for sick animals. This was revealed
by an official who said they will soon acquire a carbondioxide
laser equipment for use in surgery on animals.
"We're in the process of acquiring one machine... that
should be a good news to pet lovers in the UAE," said
a vet at the Dubai Municipality Animal Hospital.
Dr. Inayat Ulla Kathio, a visiting vet from the US, said:
"Laser surgery is a wonderful development. The laser seals
off the nerve endings and kills germs. With a scalpel,
the wound bleeds, swells up and causes pain to animals."
Dr Kathio, who made a short stop in Dubai on his way to
Pakistan, also performed surgeries at the Dubai Municipality's
Animal Hospital recently. He challenged vets here to learn
to further "humanise" their jobs by learning to use less
painful procedures.
"The laser beam can be controlled to go down to a certain
depth, so the effect on the surrounding tissues is insignificant,"
said the Pakistani-American.
"This country is highly developed. We have some vet friends
here, and I thought it's a good idea to share this new
technology with them," said Dr Kathio, who averages 35
to 40 procedures a day in his US practice at three animal
hospitals in Pennsylvania.
As the laser technology has become popular in recent years,
pet owners now demand laser surgery, though it costs $75
more than scalpel procedures.
High-quality laser surgery equipment can cost up to $48,000
in the US. Laser helps Dr Kathio perform televised surgery
on animals in the US without the grisly bleeding in his
weekly show.
"CO2 laser has been used for surgery in humans (facelifting,
tumour removal) for years. Vets are also using it more.
When de-clawing or neutering felines, laser is less painful
for the animals. As soon as the procedure is over, the
animal wakes up, it can walk - no bandages or stitches."
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