Port wine stain coagulation experiments with a 540-nm continuous wave dye-lase
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
- Vol. 2 (3) , 205-210
- https://doi.org/10.1002/lsm.1900020303
Abstract
Treatment of port wine stains with a continuous wave dye laser at 540 nm was performed in three patients. Coagulation of the capillary blood plexus without damaging the epidermis and superficial dermis was shown to be possible for laser energy densities between 5 J/cm2 and 6.5 J/cm2. Vascular destruction was realised up to about 0.3 mm dermal depth. After 5 months the skin was perfectly normal. A comparison with argon laser treatment was made.Keywords
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