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Transcutaneous Laser Vein Ablation

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Patients with vascular lesions may benefit from a combination of different treatment modalities including sclerotherapy, phlebectomy, and intravascular thermoablation of larger vessels. Treatment with lasers and other intense light sources can be an important adjunct to these other modalities, and this is especially true in cases that have proven resistant to sclerotherapy and in patients who have developed telangiectatic matting after sclerotherapy. Surface vascular lesions can be treated effectively with a variety of lasers. There continue to be advances in the treatment of telangiectasias and other undesired veins. In general, lasers with shorter wavelengths have been more effective in treating more superficial, red telangiectasias versus those with longer wavelengths for treating deeper blue reticular veins up to 4 mm. Lower extremity telangiectasias can be resistant to laser treatment particularly when other high-pressure vessels have not been eradicated.

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  1. Belmont Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chevy Chase, MD, USA

    Joyce Jackson RN, MSN, ANP, BC

  2. Berman Skin Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Joyce Jackson RN, MSN, ANP, BC

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

    Craig F. Feied MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FACPh

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  1. Vein Specialists of Monterey, Monterey, California, USA

    Eric Mowatt-Larssen

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Texas-Houston Duke University School of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Sapan S. Desai

  3. MSB 5.030, University of Texas-Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

    Anahita Dua

  4. Vascular Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Cynthia E. K. Shortell

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Jackson, J., Feied, C.F. (2014). Transcutaneous Laser Vein Ablation. In: Mowatt-Larssen, E., Desai, S., Dua, A., Shortell, C. (eds) Phlebology, Vein Surgery and Ultrasonography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01812-6_13

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