Ablative Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser in the Treatment of Chronic, Posttraumatic, Lower-Extremity Ulcers in Elderly Patients | Zendy

Tania J. Phillips | Zendy; Laurel M. Morton | Zendy; Nathan S. Uebelhoer | Zendy; Jeffrey S. Dover | Zendy

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Ablative Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser in the Treatment of Chronic, Posttraumatic, Lower-Extremity Ulcers in Elderly Patients

Author(s) -

Tania J. Phillips,

Laurel M. Morton,

Nathan S. Uebelhoer,

Jeffrey S. Dover

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

jama dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128

H-Index - 166

eISSN - 2168-6084

pISSN - 2168-6068

DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.0645

Subject(s) - medicine , ablative case , carbon dioxide laser , carbon dioxide , surgery , laser , laser surgery , physics , optics , ecology , biology , radiation therapy

Treating posttraumatic lower extremity wounds can be challenging, especially in elderly patients. Recently, the use of fractional carbon dioxide laser has been shown to improve wound healing in scar-related wounds. We used this treatment modality in posttraumatic wounds that were slow to heal in 3 elderly patients.

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