Erbium: YAG laser and cultured epidermis in the surgical therapy of stable vitiligo

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1303-1310

  Guerra, Liliana ^a   Primavera, Grazia ^a   Raskovic, Desanka ^a   Pellegrini, Graziella ^c   Golisano, Osvaldo ^a   Bondanza, Sergio ^a   Paterna, Patrizia ^a   Sonego, Giulio ^a   Gobello, Tommaso ^b   Atzori, Francesco ^a   Piazza, Paolo ^a   Luci, Antonio ^a   De Luca, Michele ^c,d  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b VIII Division of Dermatology   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Banca Occhi Veneto   (Italy)

^d The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TISSUE CULTURE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 0141926503     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.10.1303     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Guerra L, Capurro S, Melchi F, et al. Treatment of stable vitiligo by timedsurgery and transplantation of cultured epidermal autografts. Arch Dermatol. 2000;136:1380-1389.
2. Njoo MD, Westerhof W, Bos JD, Bossuyt PMM. A systematic review of autologous transplantation methods in vitiligo. Arch Dermatol. 1998;134:1543-1549.
3. Njoo MD, Westerhof W, Bos JD, Bossuyt PMM. The development of guidelines for the treatment of vitiligo. Arch Dermatol. 1999;135:1514-1521.
4. Njoo MD, Westerhof W. Vitiligo: pathogenesis and treatment. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2001;2:167-181.
5. Capurro S, Fiallo P. Epidermal disepithelialization by programmed diathermosurgery. Dermatol Surg. 1997;23:600-601.
6. Falabella R. Surgical therapies for vitiligo. Clin Dermatol. 1997;15:927-939.
7. Halder RM, Young CM. New and emerging therapies for vitiligo. Dermatol Clin. 2000;18:79-89.
8. Falabella R. Surgical therapies for vitiligo and other leukodermas, I: minigrafting and suction epidermal grafting. In: Bolognia JL, Tharp MD, Olsen E, eds. Dermatologic Therapy: The Treatment of Dyspigmentation. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Science Inc; 2001:7-14.
9. McGovern TW, Leffell DJ. Surgical therapies, II: flip-top transplants in vitiligo. In: Bolognia JL, Tharp MD, Olsen E, eds. Dermatologic Therapy: The Treatment of Dyspigmentation. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Science Inc; 2001:15-19.
10. Leachman SA. Surgical therapies, III: melanocyte transplants. In: Bolognia JL, Tharp MD, Olsen E, eds. Dermatologic Therapy: The Treatment of Dyspigmentation. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Science Inc; 2001:20-28.
11. van Geel N, Ongenae K, Naeyaert J-M. Surgical techniques for vitiligo: a review. Dermatology. 2001;202:162-166.
12. Yang JS, Kye YC. Treatment of vitiligo with autologous epidermal grafting by means of pulsed erbium:YAG laser. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1998;38:280-281.
13. Sachdev M, Shankar DSK. Dermatologic surgery: pulsed erbium:YAG laser-assisted autologous epidermal punch grafting in vitiligo. Int J Dermatol. 2000;39:868-871.
14. Sachdev M, Krupashankar DSR. Suction blister grafting for stable vitiligo using pulsed erbium:YAG laser ablation for recipient site. Int J Dermatol. 2000;39:471-473.
15. Pai GS, Vinod V, Joshi A. Efficacy of erbium:YAG laser-assisted autologous epidermal grafting in vitiligo. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2002;16:604-606.
16. Oh C-K, Cha J-H, Lim J-Y, et al. Treatment of vitiligo with suction epidermal grafting by the use of an ultrapulse CO2 laser with a computerized pattern generator. Dermatol Surg. 2001;27:565-568.
17. Acikel C, Ulkur E, Celikoz B. Carbon dioxide laser resurfacing and thin skin grafting in the treatment of "stable and recalcitrant" vitiligo. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003;111:1291-1298.
18. Chen Y-F, Chang JS, Yang P-Y, Hung C-M, Huang M-H, Hu D-N. Transplant of cultured autologous pure melanocytes after laser-abrasion for the treatment of segmental vitiligo. J Dermatol. 2000;27:434-439.
19. Chen Y-F, Yang P-Y, Hung C-M, Hu D-N. Transplantation of autologous cultured melanocytes for treatment of large segmental vitiligo. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2001;44:543-544.
20. Sapijaszko MJA, Zachary CB. Er:YAG laser skin resurfacing. Dermatol Clin. 2002;20:87-96.
21. Pellegrini G, Ranno R, Stracuzzi G, et al. The control of epidermal stem cells (holoclones) in the treatment of massive full-thickness burns with autologous keratinocytes cultured on fibrin. Transplantation. 1999;68:868-879.
22. Barrandon Y, Green H. Three clonal types of keratinocytes with different capacities for multiplication. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987;84:2302-2306.
23. De Luca M, D'Anna F, Bondanza S, Franzi AT, Cancedda R. Human epithelial cells induce human melanocyte growth in vitro but only skin keratinocytes regulate its proper differentiation in the absence of dermis. J Cell Biol. 1988;107:1919-1926.
24. De Luca M, Franzi AT, D'Anna F, et al. Coculture of human keratinocytes and melanocytes: differentiated melanocytes are physiologically organized in the basal layer of the cultured epithelium. Eur J Cell Biol. 1988;46:176-180.
25. Stratigos AJ, Dover JS. Overview of lasers and their properties. In: Alster TS, Tharp MD, Olsen E, Phillips J, eds. Dermatologic Therapy: The Use of Lasers in Dermatology. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Science Inc; 2000:2-16.
26. Weinstein C. Erbium laser resurfacing: current concepts. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1999;103:602-616.
27. Kaufmann R. Role of erbium:YAG laser in the treatment of aged skin. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2001;26:631-636.
28. Rama P, Bonini S, Lambiase A, et al. Autologous fibrin-cultured limbal stem cells permanently restore the corneal surface of patients with total limbal stem cell deficiency. Transplantation. 2001;72:1478-1485.
29. Njoo MD, Spuls PI, Bos JD, et al. Nonsurgical repigmentation therapies in vitiligo: meta-analysis of the literature. Arch Dermatol. 1998;134:1532-1540.
30. Halder RM, Brooks HL. Medical therapies for vitiligo. In: Bolognia JL, Tharp MD, Olsen E, eds. Dermatologic Therapy: The Treatment of Dyspigmentation. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Science Inc; 2001:1-6.
31. Taneja A. Treatment of vitiligo. J Dermatolog Treat. 2002;13:19-25.
32. Mutalik S, Ginzburg A. Surgical management of stable vitiligo: a review with personal experience. Dermatol Surg. 2000;26:248-254.
33. Yaar M, Gilchrest BA. The evolution of cultured epidermal autografts and other surgical treatment modalities. Arch Dermatol. 2001;137:348-349.
34. Olsson MJ, Juhlin L. Long-term follow-up of leucoderma patients treated with transplants of autologous cultured melanocytes, ultrathin epidermal sheets and basal cell layer suspension. Br J Dermatol. 2002;147:893-904.
35. Ratner D, Tse Y, Marchell N, Goldman MP, Fitzpatrick RE, Fader DJ. Cutaneous laser resurfacing. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1999;41:365-389.
36. Alster TS, Lupton JR. Erbium:YAG cutaneous laser resurfacing. Dermatol Clin. 2001;19:453-466.
37. Perez MI, Bank DE, Silvers D. Skin resurfacing of the face with the erbium:YAG laser. Dermatol Surg. 1998;24:653-659.
38. Alster TS. Cutaneous resurfacing with CO2 and erbium:YAG lasers: preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative considerations. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1999;103:619-632.
39. Hruza GJ. Laser treatment of epidermal and dermal lesions. Dermatol Clin. 2002;20:147-164.
40. Fitzpatrick RE. CO2 and Er:YAG laser resurfacing: practical approaches. In: Alster TS, Tharp MD, Olsen E, Phillips J, eds. Dermatologic Therapy: The Use of Lasers in Dermatology. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Science Inc; 2000:102-113.
41. McBurney EI. Side effects and complications of laser therapy. Dermatol Clin. 2002;20:165-176.
42. Njoo MD, Das PK, Bos JD, Westerhof W. Association of the Köbner phenomenon with disease activity and therapeutic responsiveness in vitiligo vulgaris. Arch Dermatol. 1999;135:407-413.
43. Falabella R, Arrunategui A, Barona MI, Alzate A. The minigrafting test for vitiligo: detection of stable lesions for melanocyte transplantation. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1995;32:228-232.
44. Malakar S, Dhar S. Treatment of stable and recalcitrant vitiligo by autologous miniature punch grafting: a prospective study of 1,000 patients. Dermatology. 1999;198:133-139.
45. Malakar S. How unstable is the concept of stability in surgical repigmentation of vitiligo? Dermatology. 2000;201:182-183.
46. Ongenae K,van Geel N, Naeyaert JM. Autologous cellular suspensions and sheets in the treatment of achromic disorders: the need for future controlled studies. Dermatology. 2001;202:158-161.
47. Falabella R, Escobar C, Borrero I. Treatment of refractory and stable vitiligo by transplantation of in vitro cultured epidermal autografts bearing melanocytes. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1992;26:230-236.
48. Kumagai N, Uchikoshi T. Treatment of extensive hypomelanosis with autologous cultured epithelium. Ann Plast Surg. 1997;39:68-73.