Gilbertsville Veterinary Hospital
Cryosurgery
Surgical Alternative to Remove Skin Tags, Eyelid Mass, and Other Lumps or Bumps. We have some great news to share!! We have a safer and cost-effective alternative to treat your pet’s lumps and bumps which can range from a cosmetically inconvenient skin tag to a troublesome wart. In the past, the only treatment for these lumps and bumps involved surgery with anesthesia.
Step in a great non-anesthetic alternative – Cryosurgery! Cryosurgery has been used in the human medical field for a long time and has been safely adapted to treat our pets. Recently, Gilbertsville Veterinary Hospital has added cryosurgery as a service we offer to our patients. It involves using extreme cold to remove superficial, benign skin lumps or eyelid masses. Your Doctor will freeze the area around the unwanted tissue and disrupt the blood supply, which numbs the surrounding nerves and reduces pain, and kills bacteria minimizing the risk of infection. Some lumps and bumps may take multiple treatments and others will dry up and fall off over 1 – 2 weeks. Cryosurgery is performed by your veterinarian in the office as a same-day procedure without anesthesia. Side effects are typically minimal and can include redness & swelling.
Cryosurgery is most successful in treating:
Warts or adenomatous cysts on the skin
Skin tags
Meibomian adenomas (eyelid masses)
Distichiasis (abnormal eyelash growth)
If you feel that your pet could benefit from cryosurgery please call our office to set up a consultation with your veterinarian.
