Preliminary Report On Combined Surgical- And Laser-Treatment Of Large Hemangiomas And Tattoos

G. Ginsbach

doi:10.1117/12.959004

15 May 1981 Preliminary Report On Combined Surgical- And Laser-Treatment Of Large Hemangiomas And Tattoos

G. Ginsbach

Proceedings Volume 0236, 1980 European Conf on Optical Systems and Applications; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959004
Event: 1980 European Conference on Optical Systems and Applications, 1980, Utrecht, Netherlands

Abstract

As most hemangiomas and tattoos require many sessions to be cured completely by argon-laser or conventional therapy I developed a new combined surgical and laser-therapy method for large hemangiomas and tattoos. This is a three step method. First: The skin lesion is treated by argon-laser with the point by point method, developed by ourself. Second: Under local or general anaesthesia a) the hemangioma is partially excised and undermined letting only the skin which is already treated by argon-laser-beams. Than the hemangioma is exstirpated in toto, the wound closed by running intradermal sutures and a pressure bandage applied, b) the tattoo is abraded as deep as possible, draped by lyofoam. Then a pressure bandage is applied. Third: The hemangioma as well as the tattoo are treated by argon-laser-beams after the operation. This method is safe and effective, gives good results, minimal scars in the case of hemangiomas and tattoos. In this paper the method is described and some cases are illustrated by pre- and postoperational photographs.

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G. Ginsbach "Preliminary Report On Combined Surgical- And Laser-Treatment Of Large Hemangiomas And Tattoos", Proc. SPIE 0236, 1980 European Conf on Optical Systems and Applications, (15 May 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959004

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