Despite steady improvement in the laser treatment of port wine stains (PWS), hypertrophic scarring remains a serious side-effect in approximately 10% of patients. The tunable dye laser (577 nm) has been shown to cause selective vascular destruction in normal and PWS skin. We have treated ten patient
Skin surface temperatures during argon and tunable dye laser therapy of port wine stains
β Scribed by Peter G. Shakespeare; Joan Hambleton; John A. S. Carruth
- Book ID
- 105442967
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 440 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0268-8921
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