Invasive leg vein treatment with 1064/1319 Nd:YAG laser: combination with dye laser treatment

Roman Smucler M.D.; Ladislav Horak; Jiri Mazanek

doi:10.1117/12.350996

22 June 1999 Invasive leg vein treatment with 1064/1319 Nd:YAG laser: combination with dye laser treatment

Roman Smucler M.D., Ladislav Horak, Jiri Mazanek

Proceedings Volume 3590, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems IX; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.350996
Event: BiOS '99 International Biomedical Optics Symposium, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

More than 2 500 leg veins patients were treated with dye laser / ScleroPlus, Candela, USA / successfully in our clinic and we use this therapy as the basic cosmetics treatment. But especially diameter of leg vein is limiting factor. Very often we have to treat some cases that are not ideal for classical surgical or for dye laser method. We decided to make invasive perivenous laser coagulation. We adapted original Czech 1064/1319 nm Nd:YAG laser / US patent pending /, which is new combine tool, for invasive application. Principe: After we have penetrated the cutis with laser fiber we coagulate leg veins during slowly perivenous motion. Perfect preoperative examination is a condition of success. After 15 months we have very interesting results. Some patients / 15%/ were perfect treated only with this possibility but excellent results are acquired from combination with dye laser.

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Roman Smucler M.D., Ladislav Horak, and Jiri Mazanek "Invasive leg vein treatment with 1064/1319 Nd:YAG laser: combination with dye laser treatment", Proc. SPIE 3590, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems IX, (22 June 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.350996

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