title: Relation between skin surface temperature and minimal blanching during argon, Nd-YAG 532, and CW dye 585 laser therapy of port-wine stains.
abstract: Laser photocoagulation has proven to be valuable in the treatment of port-wine stains. In this application, the minimal blanching technique is used as an indicator of suitable dosage since it has been demonstrated that the immediate appearance a white mark is required to achieve permanent blanching a few months later. The objective of the investigations undertaken in this study was to correlate the temperature attained at the surface of port-wine stains with immediate blanching, upon irradiation with different laser fluences. A comparative study was performed using an argon laser (all lines), a 532 nm Nd:YAG and a 585 nm argon pumped dye laser. Surface temperature was studied using an infrared camera. Temperature was measured on 10 different port-wine stains using different fluences. Whitening threshold fluence was related to surface temperature. It appeared that whitening threshold fluence corresponded to a surface temperature of 53 degrees C (+/- 3 degrees C). The whitening threshold fluence was dependent on port-wine stains and wavelength. However, whitening threshold fluence remained lower for 532 nm and 585 nm and it correlated to the absorption curve of hemoglobin.
authors.affiliation: INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research), Lille, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mordon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beacco
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rotteleur
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brunetaud
mesh_terms: D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature; D013817:Thermography