Treatment of haemorrhagic telangiectasia with the flashlamp-pulsed dye laser.
The management of epistaxis in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu) is often a perplexing problem. In the past, cautery, cryosurgery, and septodermoplasty have all been used with varying degrees of success. The Candela flashlamp-pulsed dye laser was developed for management of vascular lesions (port-wine stains and telangiectasia). The results of our prospective trial utilizing this laser in the treatment of intranasal telangiectasia in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia are presented.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019723:Endoscopes; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012074:Remission Induction; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*