Treatment of a resistant port-wine stain with a new variable pulse-duration pulsed-dye laser.
Treatment of a resistant port-wine stain with a new variable pulse-duration pulsed-dye laser.
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1473-2165.2008.00378.x
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发表时间:
2008-06-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Bernstein, Eric F
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作者:
Bernstein, Eric F
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Because of the heterogeneity in port-wine stains, a number of them prove resistant to treatment with the pulsed-dye laser (PDL). A new variable pulse-duration PDL improves a refractory port-wine stain.STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS: A 26-year-old man with a congenital port-wine stain underwent eight treatments with the 1.5-ms pulse-duration PDL resulting in minimal improvement. A single treatment was then administered with the 3-ms pulse-duration PDL.RESULTS: Initial results of treatment with the 3-ms pulse-duration PDL on this patient's port-wine stain show dramatic clearance in areas previously treated with significantly higher fluences, an identical spot size, but with a pulse duration half as long.CONCLUSION: Vessel heterogeneity may require changing pulse durations once a port-wine stain or a portion of a port-wine stain becomes refractory to given pulse-duration.