Clinical and histological evaluation of portwine stain treatment with a microsecond‐pulsed dye‐laser at 577 NM
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
- Vol. 4 (4) , 375-380
- https://doi.org/10.1002/lsm.1900040410
Abstract
Test treatment of portwine stains (PWS) was performed with a microsecond‐pulsed dye laser at 577nm using a 2‐mm spot diameter. Although selective coagulation of the erythrocytes occurred, this did not result in bleaching of the treated area. Massive destruction of the dilated capillaries is suggested to be a prerequisite for PWS‐bleaching, very probably requiring msec (instead of μsec) laser pulses.Keywords
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