Laser treatment of oral vascular malformations

U. Romeo; G. Gaimari; M. Mohsen; G. Tenore; G. Palaia

doi:10.1117/12.2042792

14 January 2014 Laser treatment of oral vascular malformations

U. Romeo, G. Gaimari, M. Mohsen, G. Tenore, G. Palaia

Proceedings Volume 8925, Fifth International Conference on Lasers in Medicine: Biotechnologies Integrated in Daily Medicine; 892503 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2042792
Event: Fifth International Conference on Lasers in Medicine, 2013, Timisoara, Romania

Abstract

Oral Vascular Malformations (OVM) are congenital anomalies characterized by morph-structural and/or functional changes of nature in severity and extension. OVM can affect any type of vessels arterial, venous or lymphatic and any capillary or anatomical. They are divided into two categories: low and high flow. In this study were treated 40 patients with OVM with a range size from 2 mm to 44 mm; they were subjected to clinical examination supported by Colour-Doppler Ultrasound instrumental examination and only for doubt cases the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was prescribed. Only low flow venous and capillary malformations were treated by GaAlAs laser (Wiser®, Lambda, Brindole,Italy, 980nm) and KTP laser (SmartLite®, DEKA, Florence, Italy, 532nm) with two different techniques: the Transmucosal Thermophotocoagulation (TMT) and the Intralesional Photocoagulation (ILP). These techniques permitted a good control of haemostasis, avoiding bleeding both during surgery and in the postoperative. It is obtained an excellent and good healing respectively in 10% and 60% of cases, a moderate and poor resolution respectively in 22.5% and 7.5% of cases. A clear diagnosis allowed the management of Venous malformations (VM) by laser devices with wavelengths highly absorbed in haemoglobin in safety and efficacy and according to the principles of minimal invasive surgery. The aim of this study was to verify if the laser is effective in the treatment of OVM for the purpose of the clinical findings and the postoperative course. The Authors concluded that the laser can be considered the "gold standard" for treating OVM.

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U. Romeo, G. Gaimari, M. Mohsen, G. Tenore, and G. Palaia "Laser treatment of oral vascular malformations", Proc. SPIE 8925, Fifth International Conference on Lasers in Medicine: Biotechnologies Integrated in Daily Medicine, 892503 (14 January 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2042792

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Laser therapeutics

Ferroelectric materials

Semiconductor lasers

Laser coagulation

Surgery

Capillaries

Laser tissue interaction

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