Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment of Port-Wine Stains in Infancy Without the Need for General Anesthesia
Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment of Port-Wine Stains in Infancy Without the Need for General Anesthesia
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DOI:
10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.5249
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发表时间:
2019-04-01
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影响因子:
10.9
通讯作者:
Geronemus, Roy G.
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作者:
Jeon, Hana;Bernstein, Leonard J.;Geronemus, Roy G.
IMPORTANCE Recent concerns regarding repetitive use of general anesthesia in children younger than 3 years have placed greater importance on the controversy surrounding the timing of the initiation of port-wine stain (PWS) laser treatment.OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of PWS treatments at the age of 1 year or younger in the office setting without general anesthesia.DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective cohort study based on medical record reviews at a single, high-volume laser center for children who started pulsed dye laser treatment at the age of 1 year or younger for their PWS between 2000 and 2017. The data cutoff was at 1 year after the initial treatment to have comparable data points.MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was improvement of PWSs using before and after photographs, which were reviewed by 4 physicians independently and graded using the following 5-point visual analog scale (VAS): poor (grade 1: 0%-25% improvement), fair (grade 2: 26%-50% improvement), good (grade 3: 51%-75% improvement), excellent (grade 4: 76%-99% improvement), and complete (grade 5: 100% improvement) clearance.RESULTS Of the 197 patients (73 [37.1%] boys; 124 [62.9%] girls), most (149 [75.6%]) had facial lesions. The mean age at the time of first treatment was 3.38 months (range, 5-355 days) and the mean number of treatments was 9.8 (range, 2-23; median, 10). Per the mean physician VAS grading of 197 patients, 51 patients (25.9%) showed 100% clearance (mean [range] VAS score of 4.78 [4.5 - 5]); 81 patients (41.1%) showed 76 to 99% improvement (mean [range] VAS score of 3.91 [3.5 to