2003
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05467.x
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Efficacy of pulsed dye laser treatment of port wine stain malformations of the lower limb

Abstract: Although physician-assessed good or excellent responses of 38.5% are lower than frequently reported for other skin sites and adverse effects may be more frequent, patient satisfaction with treatment was generally high. Patients with PWS on the lower limb merit a trial of PDL treatment.

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“…Successive treatments progressively lighten the PWS although the percentage colour improvement decreases each time. It is seldom possible to completely eradicate lesions and the prognosis is worse in extra-facial lesions [1].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Successive treatments progressively lighten the PWS although the percentage colour improvement decreases each time. It is seldom possible to completely eradicate lesions and the prognosis is worse in extra-facial lesions [1].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Or, les publications sur l'utilisation du LCP sur les angiomes des membres sont moins nombreuses et l'efficacité du LCP est moindre dans cette localisation. Ainsi, les études montrent en moyenne que le LCP permet d'obtenir 70 à 90 % de « bons » à « excellents » résultats sur les angiomes plans de la face contre seulement 20 à 40 % sur les membres [28][29][30][31]. Ainsi, une étude rétrospective [28] de 39 patients ayant eu un traitement par LCP d'angiomes plans de membre inférieur a montré des résultats jugés « bons » à « excellents » dans 38 % des cas et « moyens » dans 40 % des cas.…”
Section: Traitement à Visée Esthétique De L'angiome Planunclassified
“…Current clinical studies give valuable information of the outcome of the therapy, [29][30][31][32][33] but lack information on the degree of purpura, histologic analysis, and insight into the mechanism of vascular damage. Additionally, most of these clinical studies limit the fluences used to 10 J/cm 2 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%