INVESTIGATION OF GREEN TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) CUTANEOUS FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS RECURRENCE RATES FOLLOWING DIODE LASER SURGERY

摘要

A pilot study was performed to investigate fibropapillomatosis (FP) recurrence rates after 940 nm-diode laser surgeries. Fifteen animals had a total of 274 tumors removed by diode laser. Cutaneous FP recurrence rates were evaluated during a period of 1-year. According to tumor sizes classification, 166 tumors (60.6%) were 1 cm, 67 tumors (24.5%) between 1-4 cm, 31 tumors (11.3%) 4-10 cm and 10 tumors (3.6%) 10 cm. Seven animals (46.6%) were lightly afflicted, 4 (26.7%) moderately, and 4 (26.7%) heavily afflicted. Thirteen animals (86.7%) did not present tumor regrowth and 2 (13.3%) presented small tumors after 1-year. Copyright 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.