Clayton Animal Hospital Cryosurgery

Cryosurgery is a technique
in which abnormal tissue is
destroyed through freezing.
Special instrumentation
chilled by liquid nitrogen is
employed. Veterinarians
use cryosurgery primarily to
treat several types of eyelid
problems in dogs.

Misdirected eyelashes
growing towards the eye
can cause pain or even
corneal ulceration. Freezing
the hair at its root usually
ensures that it will not grow
back.

Nodules on the eyelid of
older dogs are most
commonly tumors of the
meibomian gland. These
tumors are very sensitive to
freezing. Cryosurgery, in
most cases, allows these
masses to be completely
destroyed with minimal loss
of surrounding healthy
tissue.