Retrospective evaluation of ceruminous gland tumors confined to the external ear canal of dogs and cats treated with biopsy and CO₂ laser ablation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatments currently available for ceruminous gland tumors include surgery and radiation therapy, which come with high financial costs and frequent complication and recurrence rates.

Hypothesis

To evaluate the treatment, response, complication, and recurrence of ceruminous gland tumors confirmed with biopsy and ablated using CO₂ laser.

Methods

Retrospective review of medical records from Iowa State University and the University of Illinois between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2021. Electronic medical records were evaluated for a histopathologically confirmed ceruminous gland tumor via video-otoscopic aided biopsy and subsequent CO₂ laser ablation. Signalment, tumor type, size, location within the ear canal, length of time tumor was

SUBMITTER: Pieper JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10658490 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature