Can the wound healing response of human skin be modulated after laser treatment and the effects of exposure extended? Implications on the combined use of the pulsed dye laser and a topical angiogenesis inhibitor for treatment of port wine stain birthmarks
Can the wound healing response of human skin be modulated after laser treatment and the effects of exposure extended? Implications on the combined use of the pulsed dye laser and a topical angiogenesis inhibitor for treatment of port wine stain birthmarks
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DOI:
10.1002/lsm.20599
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Nelson, J. Stuart
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作者:
Phung, Thuy L.;Oble, Darryl A.;Nelson, J. Stuart
Port wine stain (PWS), also called nevus flammeus, is a congenital, cutaneous vascular malformation involving post-capillary venules which produce a light pink to dark-red-violet discoloration of the skin. The most likely hypothesis for the development of PWS is the deficiency or absence of surrounding neurons regulating blood flow through the ectatic postcapillary venules. As a result, the blood vessels are unable to constrict normally and remain permanently dilated.The standard treatment for PWS is the pulsed dye laser (PDL), which induces photocoagulation of the subsurface-targeted blood vessels without inducing thermal damage in the normal overlying epidermis. Through selective photo-thermolysis, light emitted by the PDL is preferentially absorbed by hemoglobin, a major chromophore in blood, in the PWS blood vessels where, after being converted to heat, it causes thermal damage and thrombosis [1]. Thereafter, remnants of the blood and vascular wall components are assimilated within the skin and replaced by dermal collagen.