title: [The neodymium YAG laser: its application in dermatology].
abstract: The neodymium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet-(Nd:YAG) laser is one of the most versatile and interesting lasers in dermatological laser medicine. Almost no other laser has such a wide spectrum of applications. Depending on wave length (1064 nm, frequency-doubled 532 nm) and mode (continuous, Q-switched, long-pulsed), benign pigmented lesions (tattoos, traumatic tattoos, naevus of Ota, cafe-au-lait-macules, lentigines) and vascular lesions (hemangiomas, portwine stains, essential teleangiectasias, angiomas) can be treated. Additionally this laser has been occasionally used to remove Kaposi sarcomas and epithelial skin tumors.
authors.affiliation: Praxis für Dermatologie, Phlebologie und Allergologie Dr. C. Raulin und Laserklinik Karlsruhe.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Greve
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raulin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007834:Lasers; D008297:Male; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000601:surgery; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000601:surgery; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013653:Tattooing; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000601:surgery