Clinical study of effectiveness of cryosurgery in the treatment of skin and/or soft tissue neoplasia in dogs and cats.

Author(s)

Genilson Fernandes de Queiroz

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD)
• Defense date: 2004-09-17

Examining board members

Julia Maria Matera; Maria Lucia Zaidan Dagli; Bogdana Victoria Kadunc

• Advisor: Julia Maria Matera

Abstract

With the aim to evaluate the effectiveness of cryosurgery in the treatment of skin and soft tissue neoplasias of the dogs and cats it was used 40 animals, 27 dogs and 13 cats of differents ages and breeds referred to the Surgery Service of Small Animals of the Veterinary Hospital of the University of São Paulo. Fifty seven lesions were treated with the spray technique using liquid nitrogen. 17 (29,83%) were benign epithelial lesions, 22 (38,60%) malignant epithelial lesions, 4 (7,01%) benign mesenchymal lesions, 10 (17,54%) malignant mesenchymal lesions, 3 (5,27%) not neoplasia, 1 (1,75%) not characterized. There was total remission of the 49 (85,96%) lesions in 32 (80%) animals. It was concluded that the cryosurgery was effective to treat skin and/or soft tissue tumor of the dogs and cats. (AU)