OBJECTIVE
To report our experience with a variable long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser for the treatment of different vascular lesions.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
One hundred ten patients with different vascular skin lesions were included. Patients were examined before the treatment; 1 week after each treatment session; and 1, 2, and 3
months after the last treatment selleck kinase inhibitor session. Improvement was judged according to clinical examination of the patients and by comparing pre- and post-treatment photographs. Results were graded in four groups using percentage resolution (0-25%, 26-50%, 51-75%, and 76-100%.
RESULTS
One hundred five patients (19 port wine stains, 48 telangiectasias, 25 hemangiomas, and 13 other vascular lesions) completed the study; 71.5% of patients showed greater than 50% improvement. Good to excellent (more than 50%) results were achieved in 63.2% of patients with port wine stain, 80.0% of patients with hemangioma, 66.7% of patients with telangiectasia, and 84.6% of patients with other vascular lesions; 71.5% of all patients were very satisfied or satisfied with the results.
CONCLUSION
A variable long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser was found to be effective in the treatment of different vascular lesions ranging from easy to difficult to treat.
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age. This study retrospectively reviewed the results of ovarian stimulation and intrauterine insemination (IUI) in women >= 40 years old with diminished ovarian reserve Wnt signaling or unexplained infertility who underwent treatment with ovarian stimulation/IUI with clomiphene citrate or gonadotrophin and compared them with the results of IVF and in-vitro maturation (IVM)
treatments. Citarinostat inhibitor The main outcome measures were pregnancy and live-birth rates. The profiles of the patients in ovarian stimulation, IVM and IVF groups were comparable. There were no clinical pregnancies in the clomiphene citrate and IVM groups. The clinical-pregnancy rates in the gonadotrophin and IVF groups were 2.6% and 16.9% and the live-birth rates were 2.6% and 13.7%, respectively. Compared with ovarian stimulation, IVF is most effective for women aged 40 years or more. Attempting success with ovarian stimulation or IVM will delay conception unnecessarily. (C) 2011, Reproductive Healthcare Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.”
“Children with early surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) are known to have impaired neurodevelopment; their performance on school-age achievement tests and their need for special education remains largely unexplored. The study aimed to determine predictors of academic achievement at school age and placement in special education services among early CHD surgery survivors.