Deep lamellar keratectomy and penetrating scleroplasty using CO2 laser photoablation and bimodal grafting for the treatment of a limbal melanoma in a dog

Abstract

Abstract A novel approach for en bloc resection of a limbal melanoma using a CO2 laser in a dog. Benefits of this advanced technique include excellent surgical precision, improved hemostasis, and the induction of coagulative necrosis of neoplastic cells.

Keywords

• canine
• CO2 laser
• limbal
• melanoma