Nd:YAG lasers (1,064 nm) in the treatment of venous malformations of the face and neck: Challenges and benefits

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-126

  Scherer, Kathrin ^a   Waner, Milton ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser therapy; Nd:YAG laser; Sclerotherapy; Surgery; Venous malformation

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SURFACE; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEODYMIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROTHERAPY; YTTRIUM;

EID: 34250824296     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-007-0443-0     Document Type: Article

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