Oral vascular malformations: laser treatment and management

Abstract

Vascular malformations are a very heterogeneous group of circulatory system’s diseases that can involve different kind\ud of vessels: arterial, venous or lymphatic ones.\ud Many treatments, such as conventional surgery, embolization, steroid therapy and laser therapy, are available for\ud vascular lesions.\ud The laser approach relies more therapeutic techniques: the transmucosal thermophotocoagulation, intralesional\ud photocoagulation, the excisional biopsy.\ud Today laser is demonstrated to be the gold standard technique to treat vascular lesions that allows a safe and efficient\ud treatment and a lower post-operative healing time. The only disadvantage is the risk of carbonization that could be\ud avoided by using the multiple-spot single pulsed wave technique