Combined Therapy of Ultrapulse CO_2 Laser with Autologous Epidermal Grafting in Vitiligo / 中华皮肤科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of ultrapulse CO 2 laser-assisted au-tologous epidermal grafting for the treatment of vitiligo.Methods1605patients with30660skin grafts were treated by CO 2 laser-assisted autologous epidermal grafting.Among them,782patients had localized vi-tiligo,319segmental,226general and278scattered.Epidermal grafts were harvested with negative pressure blistering method from normally pigmented skin,and recipient areas were prepared with a ultrapulse CO 2 laser.The curative effect was evaluated8weeks later.Results79.04%of the lesions were cured complete-ly,and total response rate was92.21%,with better effect in localized and scattered lesions than in other le-sions.The best results were shown in face,while the worst results shown in brow and hairline lesions.Con-clusions The advantage of combined therapy of CO 2 laser with autologous epidermal grafting in vitiligo is of easy performance,convenience,high response rate,which is worthy of large scale application.