Use of carbon dioxide laser for onychectomy in cats

Mison, Michael B.; Bohart, George H.; Walshaw, Richard; Winters, Cathy A.; Hauptman, Joe G.

doi:10.2460/javma.2002.221.651

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“…The most frequently reported AEs included surgical site bleeding, infected surgery sites, inappetance, and lethargy, complications typically associated with surgery. Reported incision site bleeding was restricted to the onychectomy site and is consistent with the report that 50% of onychectomy surgeries have complications including pain, bleeding, and lameness, regardless of onychectomy technique [19, 20]. At supratherapeutic (5 or 10 mg/kg) dosages daily for 28 days, robenacoxib was well tolerated and had no detectable effect on the partial activated prothromboplastin time or hematology variables in healthy young cats [7].…”

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Evaluation of Oral Robenacoxib for the Treatment of Postoperative Pain and Inflammation in Cats: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

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Roberts

Roycroft

et al. 2012

ISRN Veterinary Science

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The efficacy and safety of robenacoxib were assessed for the control of postoperative pain and inflammation in cats. The study was a multicenter, prospective, randomized, blinded, and parallel group clinical trial. A total of 249 client-owned cats scheduled for forelimb onychectomy plus either ovariohysterectomy or castration surgeries were included. All cats received butorphanol prior to anesthesia and forelimb four-point regional nerve blocks with bupivacaine after induction of general anesthesia. Cats were randomized to receive daily oral tablet robenacoxib, at a mean (range) dosage of 1.84 (1.03–2.40) mg/kg (n = 167), or placebo (n = 82), once prior to surgery and for two days postoperatively. Significantly (P < 0.05) fewer robenacoxib cats received additional analgesia rescue therapy (16.5%) than placebo cats (46.3%). Pain elicited on palpation of the soft tissue incision site, behavior following social interaction, and posture assessed during the first 8 hours after extubation were significantly (P < 0.05) improved in cats receiving robenacoxib. Frequency of reported adverse clinical signs, hematology, serum chemistry and urinalysis variables, and body weight changes weresimilar between groups. In conclusion, robenacoxib was effective and well tolerated in the control of postoperative pain and inflammation in cats undergoing onychectomy with ovariohysterectomy or castration.

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Evaluation of Oral Robenacoxib for the Treatment of Postoperative Pain and Inflammation in Cats: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

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Roberts

Roycroft

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“…) and pain scores were significantly lower (Mison et al. ) following onychectomy performed with a laser rather than a scalpel. Cats were also more lame when the surgeon had used a scalpel (Holmberg & Brisson ).…”

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“…In two of these studies, lameness was scored as part of a composite pain score and was not reported separately (Mison et al. ; Curcio et al. ).…”

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“…Three studies compared onychectomy performed with, respectively, laser and scalpel, all of which found some advantage of the laser versus the scalpel, although the differences between groups were not large (Mison et al. ; Holmberg & Brisson ; Robinson et al. ).…”

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“…) to an average of <14% of the maximum possible score (Mison et al. ). A consensus opinion on the optimal analgesic strategy with which to manage pain in cats undergoing onychectomy is essential information for the clinicians caring for them.…”

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