[Clinical study on laser therapy of the venous malformations and hemangioma in oral and maxillofacial regions].
OBJECTIVE
To try to find the best method of laser therapy for the management of venous malformation and hemangioma in oral and maxillofacial regions.


METHODS
From June, 1999 to July, 2002, 2 481 cases of venous malformations and hemangiomas were treated by several kinds lasers in our department. The lesions included port-wine stains, venous malformations, telangiectasia and hemangioma. The lasers used were continuous wave CO(2), Nd:YAG and Krypton lasers, pulsed dye laser and ultra-pulsed CO(2) lasers. The treatment modalities were direct irradiation, irradiation after surgical flap raising and photodynamic therapy.


RESULTS
Follow up between 2 - 5 years revealed the treatment results as follows: excellent is 79.24%, good is 14.31% and poor is 6.45%.


CONCLUSIONS
Laser therapy is one of the best method to treat venous malformations and hemangiomas. The key point is to apply different lasers properly.
Zhou
Guo-yu
GY
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Affiliated Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200011, China. guoyuzhou@hotmail.com
Zhang
Zhi-yuan
ZY
Zhang
Chen-ping
CP
Zhu
Han-guang
HG
Sun
Jian
J
Gu
Ji-zhong
JZ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007568:Jaw / Q000098:blood supply*; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000098:blood supply*; D055815:Young Adult