The current situation and development in optical therapy for port-wine stains
WANG Yu-zhi
HUANG Zheng
YUAN Kai-hua
Abstract：Port-wine stains (PWS), which signiifcantly affect the appearance, is likely to occur in the exposed areas. It brings out tremendous mental stress and psychological problems to the children and their parents. In generally, PWS can not be self-limited and thus a regular treatment commonly required. With the development of laser medical technology, a variety of optical therapies have been developed in the treatment of PWS, which have achieved a certain effect. As novel treatment methods for the PWS, pulsed dye laser therapy and photodynamic therapy became very mature in clinic and they also exhibit good prospects in future. So in the present article, the progress of optical treatment of PWS is reviewed.
Keywords：Port wine stainsOptical therapyProgress
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 363-366,370 )