Lasers or light sources for treating port-wine stains

Abstract

The pulsed dye laser leads to clinically relevant clearance of port-wine stains. A limited number of RCTs evaluated the efficacy from intense pulsed light and other laser types. High-quality RCTs are needed to assess individual efficacy from different lasers and light sources, as well as participant satisfaction.

Treatment of port wine stains using Pulsed Dye Laser, Erbium YAG Laser, and topical rapamycin (sirolimus)—A randomized controlled trial

“…Faurschou et al found that PDL treatment resulted in more than 25% reduction in redness in 50–100% of participants . We found an average blanching rate of 16% with PDL monotherapy.…”

Treatment of port wine stains using Pulsed Dye Laser, Erbium YAG Laser, and topical rapamycin (sirolimus)—A randomized controlled trial

“…Faurschou et al found that PDL treatment resulted in more than 25% reduction in redness in 50–100% of participants . We found an average blanching rate of 16% with PDL monotherapy.…”

Retrospective single center study of the efficacy of large spot 532 nm laser for the treatment of facial capillary malformations in 44 patients with the use of three‐dimensional image analysis

“…It was shown previously that objective analysis of the efficacy of treatment of CM gives slightly worse results than subjective methods . Thus, the median maximum improvement obtained in our cohort of previously untreated facial CM reached 70.4% has to be considered as one of the best results available in the literature . Most of the studies conducted on the efficacy of laser treatment for CM included patients with different distribution of skin lesions.…”

Laser and light‐based treatments for port‐wine birthmarks – a systematic review and network meta‐analysis

“…The most recent systematic assessment of laser and lightbased therapies for PWB was conducted in a Cochrane review in 2011. 52 This comprehensive review incorporated five RCTs involving a total of 103 participants. Notably, all of these studies used the PDL as the comparative treatment arm.…”

Treatment of port wine stains using Pulsed Dye Laser, Erbium YAG Laser, and topical rapamycin (sirolimus)—A randomized controlled trial

“…Faurschou et al found that PDL treatment resulted in more than 25% reduction in redness in 50–100% of participants . We found an average blanching rate of 16% with PDL monotherapy.…”

Retrospective single center study of the efficacy of large spot 532 nm laser for the treatment of facial capillary malformations in 44 patients with the use of three‐dimensional image analysis

“…It was shown previously that objective analysis of the efficacy of treatment of CM gives slightly worse results than subjective methods . Thus, the median maximum improvement obtained in our cohort of previously untreated facial CM reached 70.4% has to be considered as one of the best results available in the literature . Most of the studies conducted on the efficacy of laser treatment for CM included patients with different distribution of skin lesions.…”

Laser and light‐based treatments for port‐wine birthmarks – a systematic review and network meta‐analysis

“…The most recent systematic assessment of laser and lightbased therapies for PWB was conducted in a Cochrane review in 2011. 52 This comprehensive review incorporated five RCTs involving a total of 103 participants. Notably, all of these studies used the PDL as the comparative treatment arm.…”

Treatment of port wine stains using Pulsed Dye Laser, Erbium YAG Laser, and topical rapamycin (sirolimus)—A randomized controlled trial

“…Faurschou et al found that PDL treatment resulted in more than 25% reduction in redness in 50–100% of participants . We found an average blanching rate of 16% with PDL monotherapy.…”

Retrospective single center study of the efficacy of large spot 532 nm laser for the treatment of facial capillary malformations in 44 patients with the use of three‐dimensional image analysis

“…It was shown previously that objective analysis of the efficacy of treatment of CM gives slightly worse results than subjective methods . Thus, the median maximum improvement obtained in our cohort of previously untreated facial CM reached 70.4% has to be considered as one of the best results available in the literature . Most of the studies conducted on the efficacy of laser treatment for CM included patients with different distribution of skin lesions.…”

Laser and light‐based treatments for port‐wine birthmarks – a systematic review and network meta‐analysis

“…The most recent systematic assessment of laser and lightbased therapies for PWB was conducted in a Cochrane review in 2011. 52 This comprehensive review incorporated five RCTs involving a total of 103 participants. Notably, all of these studies used the PDL as the comparative treatment arm.…”