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Patient‐reported morbidity following flashlamp‐pumped pulsed tunable dye laser treatment of port wine stains
Author(s) -
LANIGAN S.W.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1995.tb02671.x
Subject(s) - port wine , dye laser , medicine , dermatology , pulsed laser , port (circuit theory) , port wine stain , laser , surgery , optics , physics , electrical engineering , engineering
Summary Sixty‐two patients with port wine stains completed a questionnaire related to their flashlamp‐pumped pulsed tunable dye laser treatment. The treatment wtis well tolerated by the majority. Forty‐eight per cent of patients experienced some weeping or crusting after treatment. The major cause of morbidity was protracted bruising following treatment, and this caused a significant restriction of activities in 45% of patients.