Cryotherapy Applications in Cat and Dog Dermatology

Year 2025, Volume: 22 Issue: 1, 51 - 57, 18.04.2025

Said Cafer , Remzi Gönül , M. Erman Or

https://doi.org/10.32707/ercivet.1499714

Abstract

Cryotherapy is a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure that works on the principle of rapid freezing and slow thawing, allowing the target tissue to be destroyed by freezing while causing minimal damage to surrounding tissues. It consists of many types such as whole body cryotherapy, ice applications, and cryosurgery applications containing cryogenic substance types. It is generally used in dermatology and lesion treatments, but its areas of use are not limited to this and its use has also been reported in hard-to-reach tissues such as the brain. Its basic principle, heat diffusion, creates a cryonecrosis field and ensures the destruction of cells in the lesion. In veterinary cryosurgery units produced for this purpose, liquid nitrogen and nitrous oxide are generally used. Depending on the tissue size and cytology, complete recovery is observed in the tissue area after a few sessions. Today, thanks to outpatient treatment opportunities, minimal anesthesia times and low complication risks, it is a ray of hope in the mass treatment of especially elderly or heart-risk animals. This review aims to examine the use of cryotherapy in cat and dog dermatology.

Keywords

Cryotherapy, Dermatology, Neoplasia

Kedi ve Köpek Dermatolojisinde Kriyoterapi Uygulamaları

Abstract

Kriyoterapi hızlı dondurma ve yavaş çözdürme prensibiyle çalışan, çevre dokulara minimum hasar verirken hedef doku parçasının dondurularak yok edilmesini sağlayan minimal invazif terapötik bir prosedürdür. Tüm vücut kriyoterapisi, buz uygulamaları, kriyojen madde türleri içeren kriyocerrahi uygulamaları gibi birçok çeşitten oluşur. Genellikle dermatolojide, lezyon tedavilerinde kullanılır ancak kullanım alanları sadece bununla sınırlı değildir ve beyin gibi ulaşılması zor dokularda da kullanımı raporlanmıştır. Temel prensibi olan ısı difüzyonu, bir kriyonekroz alan yaratır ve lezyondaki hücrelerin yıkımını sağlar. Bunun için üretilmiş olan veteriner kriyocerrahi ünitelerinde, genellikle, sıvı nitrojen ve nitröz oksit kullanılır. Doku boyutuna ve sitolojisine göre birkaç seans sonrasında, doku alanında tamamen iyileşmeler görülür. Günümüzde, ayakta tedavi olanakları, minimal anestezi süreleri ve düşük komplikasyon riskleri sayesinde özellikle yaşlı veya kalp yönünden riskli hayvanların kitle tedavilerinde umut ışığı olmaktadır. Bu derlemede, kriyoterapinin kedi ve köpek dermatolojisindeki kullanımının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

Kriyoterapi, Dermatoloji, Neoplazi

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