Case Study: Cudi, Whippet with a lacerated wound

Clinical visit

• 7cm x 4cm lesion with loss of skin tissue and evidence of underlying muscle and tendon structures
• Pain on manipulation
• Tendency to subtract the load  
• No evidence of bone fractures

Therapy

• PO antibiotic therapy (amoxicillin-clavulanic acid 20 mg/kg BID), anti-inflammatory therapy (carprofen 2 mg/kg SID for 5 days), bromelain TID PO for 10 days, 
• Elizabethan collar
• Daily local dressing with sterile gauze 
• ^MLS® Laser Therapy 

Therapeutic Protocol

• MLS^® Laser Therapy: 10 treatments spaced 2/3 days apart. 
• Program ” wound ” Point to Point mode on the edges and in the center of the wound
• ” Edema ” program in Scan on the wound margins

Results

• Pain reduction in the first sessions
• Progressive resolution of the wound over 4 weeks
• Complete healing occurred in 50 days