title: [Indications of lasers treatment for lymphatic malformations].
abstract: Cutaneous dermatologic lesions of LM, in type of superficial, translucent, localized or diffuse vesicles, are accessible to laser treatment. The useful lasers are essentially laser CO(2), and rarely pulsed dye laser and the Nd: YAG. Treatment by laser allows to obtain the ablation of vesicles by limiting aftereffects (scare) and so to dry up the transcutaneous lymphatic liquid. However laser has no action on the deep constituent of the LM and it's why medium and long term recurrences are inevitable. Finally, the indication of the laser must be retained only as a supplement to the surgery and has to be done by experimented persons.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique reconstructrice et esthétique du Professeur-Magalon, hôpital de La Conception, boulevard Baille, 13005 Marseille, France. christian.berwald@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Berwald
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salazard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casanova
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bardot
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magalon
mesh_terms: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D044148:Lymphatic Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D009354:Neodymium; D012008:Recurrence; D015019:Yttrium
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D009354:Neodymium; D015019:Yttrium