title: Flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser in treatment of port-wine stains.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effectiveness of the flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser (Photogeneca V, Synosure Corp, Boston, United States) in the treatment of port-wine stains.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and ninety-four consecutive patients with port-wine stains were treated with a flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 1998 to August 1999.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 194 patients who completed treatment, 56.2% had more than 60% fading of the lesion and only 6.7% had less than 20% fading. An average of 3.6 treatments were needed to achieve more than 60% fading. The response was better in children than in adults, although the difference was not significant. Pigmentary change (usually transient) occurred in 3.1% of patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study confirms the efficacy of the flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser in the treatment of port-wine stains in children and adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing 100730.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019339:Port-Wine Stain / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome