Does dye laser treatment with higher fluences in combination with cold air cooling improve the results of port-wine stains?

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1229-1233

  Hammes, S ^a   Roos, S ^a   Raulin, C ^a,b   Ockenfels, H M ^c   Greve, B ^a  

^a LASERKLINIK KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Hanau gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

585 nm; Coldair cooling; Dyelaser; Port wine stain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD AIR; COLD TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DYE LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURPURA; SCAR FORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548741247     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02246.x     Document Type: Article

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