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Recalcitrant viral warts: results of treatment with the KTP laser
Author(s) -
C. Gooptu,
M.P. James
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1999.00418.x
Subject(s) - medicine , potassium titanyl phosphate , surgery , dermatology , laser , optics , physics
We report the use of a potassium‐titanyl‐phosphate (KTP) continuous wave laser in an open study to treat 25 patients with multiple nongenital warts that had failed to respond to conventional therapies. All patients were treated monthly using the 532 nm KTP continuous wave laser and robotic scanner. Twenty patients (80%) responded to treatment with warts: in 12 patients there was complete clearing. Moderate discomfort was reported during the procedure but subsequent morbidity was slight with no evidence of scarring. Follow‐up by postal questionnaire revealed that warts recurred in those patients who had stopped treatment early but not in those whose warts had been treated to complete clearance.