title: Treatment of venous lesions of the lips and perioral area with a long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser.
abstract: The conventional treatments for venous lesions of the lip have been excision, cryotherapy, infrared coagulation, and sclerotherapy. We report the use of a long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser in 31 consecutive patients. At a mean follow up of 12 months (6 weeks to 3 years), 27 (87%) had no evidence of recurrence and one had a small contracted scar. The treatment is effective for both small and large lesions, and operation or other ablative techniques are no longer indicated, or considerably less relevant.
authors.affiliation: Laser Treatment Centre, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Kempston Rd, Bedford MK42 9DJ, UK.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: John
authors.affiliation: Laser Treatment Centre, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Kempston Rd, Bedford MK42 9DJ, UK.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Phen
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery & Laser Treatment Centre, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Kempston Rd, Bedford MK42 9DJ, UK. Electronic address: pjm2cu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Mahaffey
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D008046:Lip; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D014680:Veins
keywords: Laser; Lip; Mouth; Venous lakes; Venous malformation