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Effectiveness of the 585nm flashlamp‐pulsed tunable dye laser (PTDL) for treatment of plantar verrucae
Author(s) -
Jain Ajay,
Storwick Gregory S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
lasers in surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1096-9101
pISSN - 0196-8092
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9101(1997)21:5<500::aid-lsm13>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - plantar warts , medicine , dye laser , laser , clearance rate , significant difference , lesion , photodynamic therapy , pulsed laser , surgery , nuclear medicine , chemistry , optics , organic chemistry , physics
Background and Objective The objective of this study was to establish the 585nm flashlamp‐pulsed tunable dye laser (PTDL) as a potentially effective modality in the treatment of plantar verrucae. Furthermore, this study attempted to identify if certain regions of the plantar surface yielded a different clearance rate in comparison to others. Study Design/Materials and Methods Thirty‐three patients were recruited for this case series study, representing a total of 97 plantar warts. Patients were treated using the flashlamp‐PTDL with a pulse duration of 450 μsec, a spot diameter of 5.0 mm, and energy fluences ranging between 8.1 and 8.4 J/cm 2 . Patients were followed‐up an average of 2–24 weeks assessing for recurrence of verrucae. Results Each patient exhibited one to eight plantar lesions. Of the 97 verrucae treated by the flashlamp‐PTDL, 68 (70.1%) resolved with 100% clearance of the lesion. The overall mean clearance of the 97 lesions was 95.1 ± 16.5%. Of the 97 lesions treated to maximal clearance, 14 lesions recurred after a mean follow‐up period of 9.0 weeks. Conclusion Results of this study have established the 585nm flashlamp‐pulsed tunable dye laser as a potentially effective modality treatment of plantar warts. Furthermore, it was determined that there was no significant difference in the clearance rate of warts located at a given plantar site when compared to the clearance rates of the other plantar sites (F 3/44 = 0.58, P = 0.634). Laser Surg. Med. 21:500–505, © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.