title: Serial excision of facial hemangiomas.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the technique of and indications for serial excision of facial hemangiomas.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical review of patients cared for by the senior author (M.H.) in a private-practice specialty center.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-six patients underwent serial excision of facial infantile hemangiomas. The average number of excisions was 3 (range, 2-5), with a mean interoperative period of 4 months (range, 3-7 months). One patient sustained a traumatic dehiscence of the surgical wound, and 6 others had minor wound problems that had no impact on the final result. Two "final" scars underwent surgical revision. All results were ultimately deemed acceptable by the parents and surgeons.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Serial excision is a practical and reliable technique for treatment of facial hemangiomas which due to size and location are not feasibly excised and repaired in a single setting without the use of complex adjunctive reconstructive techniques.
authors.affiliation: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kulbersh
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hochman
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome