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17658196

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
The concept of selective photothermolysis with the 577-/585-nm pulsed dye laser (PDL) revolutionized treatment of relatively common port wine stain (PWS) birthmarks. The majority of PWS can be significantly lightened with the PDL. However, few PWS are lightened completely with PDL and up to 20% hardly lighten at all. PDL-resistant PWS exist in any large cutaneous laser practice and constitute a difficult management problem. This article discusses the proposed cause, and currently available and emerging options for PDL-resistant PWS. These include higher power, longer wavelength, variable pulse width lasers with selective epidermal cooling such as 595-nm PDL, 755-nm alexandrite, 810-nm diode, 1064-nm neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet, and intense pulse light systems. Other promising modalities include topical and systemic photodynamic therapy, electrical optical synergy technology, pulse stacking of similar or differing wavelengths, use of optical clearing agents in conjunction with laser, and erbium laser epidermal stripping before laser treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1097-6787
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
677-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment of pulsed dye laser-resistant port wine stain birthmarks.
pubmed:affiliation
Royal Victoria Hospitals, Belfast, United Kingdom. zfjasim@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review