Adverse reactions following pulsed tunable dye laser treatment of port wine stains in 701 patients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 725-729

  Seukeran, D C ^a   Collins, P ^a   Sheehan Dare, R A ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SCAR;

EID: 0030980293     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb03659.x     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Tan OT, Sherwood K, Gilchrist BA. Treatment of children with port-wine stains using the flashlamp pulsed tunable dye laser. N Engl J Med 1989; 320: 416-21.
2. Reyes BA, Geronemus RG. Treatment of port-wine stains during childhood with the flashlamp pumped pulsed dye laser. J Am Acad Dermatol 1990; 23: 1142-8.
3. Dixon JA, Huether S, Rotering R. Hypertrophic scarring in argon laser treatment of port-wine stains. Plast Reconstr Surg 1984; 73: 771-9.
4. Noe JM, Barsky SH, Geer OE et al. Port-wine stains and response to argon laser therapy, successful treatment and predictive role of colour, age and biopsy. Plast Reconstr Surg 1980; 65: 130-6.
5. Mordon SR, Rotteleur G, Buys B et al. Comparative study of the 'point-by-point technique and the 'scanning technique' for laser treatment of port wine stain. Laser Surg Med 1989; 9: 398-404.
6. Garden JM, Polla LL, Tan OT. Pulsed dye laser therapy of port-wine stains: pulse duration, effects and long term responses. Arch Dermatol 1988; 124: 889-96.
7. Swinehart JM. Hypertrophic scarring resulting from flashlamp pumped pulsed dye laser surgery. J Am Acad Dermatol 1991; 25: 845-6.
8. Levine VJ, Geronemus RG. Adverse effects associated with the 577 and 585 nanometer pulsed dye laser in the treatment of cutaneous vascular lesions. A study of 500 patients. J Am Acad Dermatol 1995; 32: 613-17.
9. Wlotzke U, Hohenleutner U, Abd-el-raheem TA et al. Side-effects and complications of flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser therapy of port-wine stains. A prospective study. Br J Dermatol 1996; 134: 475-80.