A Study of the Therapeutic Effect of Nevus of Ota by the Q - switched Nd : YAG Laser / 대한피부과학회지
Korean Journal of Dermatology
;
: 686-692, 1995.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The nevus of Ota is a benign dermal melanocytic lesion that was previously proved difficult to treat. Recently, the Q-switched ruby laser and Q-switched Nd YAG laser have been reported to by, successful in the treatment of benign pigmented lesions and tattos.OBJECTIVE:
Our study evaluates the treatment of 60 patients with nevus of Ota with Q-switched Nd YAG lase (l064nm).METHOD:
Sixty patients with nevus of Ota were treated by the Q-switched Nd YAG laser with pulse width 10nsec, and energy fluences ranging from 5.8 to 12J/cm and the laser repetition rate was 5 or 10Hz. The response to treatment was assessed by four independent investigators with photographs.RESULTS:
1. Total therapeutic effects of Q-switched Nd YAG laser showed excellent result in 23.3%, good in 45%, fair in 18,3%, and poor in 13.3%. 2. Therapeutic effects by distribution proposed by Tanino showed excellent or good results in 84.6% at type Ia, 78.6% at, type Ib, 66.7% at type II, 60% at type III and 45.5% at type N. 3. Therapeutic effects by the number of treatments showed excellent or good results in 22.2% of patients after one treatment, 72.7% after two treatments, 93.3% after three treatments and 100% after four treatment. 4. Therapeutic effects by energy showed excellent or good results in 9.2% at energy range of 10 to 12J/arl and 66.6%, at energy range of 5.8-9.5J/cm. 5. Complications included transient hyperpigmentation (6.7% ), secondary bacterial infection (1.7 %), hypopigmentation (1.7%) and atrophic scar (1.7%). However these subsided spontaneously in a year. 6. The recurrence rate was 2.4%.CONCLUSION:
The Q-switched Nd YAG laser is a very effective mode of treatment for nevus of Ota which has provent unresponsive to other therapeutic modalities.
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Main subject:
Recurrence
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Research Personnel
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Bacterial Infections
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Nevus of Ota
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Cicatrix
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Hypopigmentation
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Hyperpigmentation
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Lasers, Solid-State
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Nevus
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Dermatology
Year:
1995
Type:
Article
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