HYDROGEL BASED ON BACTERIAL CELLULOSE ASSOCIATED WITH DIODE LASER IN THE TREATMENT OF EQUINE SARCOID – CASE REPORT

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.9733122304086

• Palavras-chave: biocellulose, wound, horse, laser, sarcoid.

• Keywords: biocellulose, wound, horse, laser, sarcoid.

• Abstract:

  Sarcoid is the most common cutaneous neoplasm in horses, being characterized as a specific fibroepithelial tumor. The etiology is related to bovine papillomavirus type I or II). With five different clinical presentations and usually multiple, it has a locally aggressive character with infiltrative capacity and refractoriness to therapies. Diode laser surgery has become a promising therapy for the treatment of equine sarcoid. Bacterial cellulose (BC)-based hydrogel has been used as a local dressing, helping in the repair process of various types of wounds. The aim of this case report was to present the use of a CB-based hydrogel in a wound after tumor excision performed with a diode laser, with unsatisfactory healing. Subsequently, a satisfactory evolution of the healing process was observed, with the wound being covered by granulation tissue, with evident contraction and epithelialization after nine days of hydrogel application. In 40 days the wound was completely healed. For eighteen months after the thermal treatment, no history of relapses was observed. It is recommended to associate surgical excision of the neoplasm with diode laser with topical use of a 1% bacterial cellulose-based hydrogel in the treatment of equine sarcoid.