Laser Treatment of Nongenital Verrucae

Nguyen, John D.; Korta, Dorota Z.; Chapman, Lance W.; Kelly, Kristen M.

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.0826

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“…This is because hemoglobin in blood has strong absorption peaks at wavelengths ranging from 585 to 595 nm) [8]. In literature data, the response rates seen in peripheral warts (involving the hands and feet) were very variable, ranging between 48% and 95% [9].This large variation could be linked by the ability of the laser waves to penetration in papillary dermis-to destroy blood vessels-fact probably conditioned by thickness of the epidermis. Chemical and mechanical curettages that we used in our patient play an important role in the penetration of laser waves.…”

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Treatment of Warts with Topical Curettage and PDL

Hegazy¹

2018

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Treatment of Warts with Topical Curettage and PDL

Hegazy¹

2018

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“…Interestingly, PDL has the highest RFI rate, with 74% of patients without recurrences after 6 months. Previous studies showed the importance of PDL for the lowest rate of adverse event, as compared with other lasers, and for the treatment of recalcitrant warts . Nevertheless, considering the availability, costs and the absence of guidelines for PDL, other treatment options should be taken into account even if affected by a 3‐fold higher risk of recurrence (keratolytics and CO 2 laser).…”

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Risk factors for recurrence after successful treatment of warts: the role of smoking habits

Bencini¹,

Guida

Cazzaniga

et al. 2017

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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“…To our knowledge, no clinical trial in the English literature has compared cryotherapy with CO 2 laser in the treatment of plantar warts [ 26 ]; hence, this study was designed to compare the efficacy of these 2 modalities in the treatment of plantar warts.…”

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Cryotherapy versus CO2 laser in the treatment of plantar warts: a randomized controlled trial

Boroujeni

Handjani

2018

Dermatol Pract Concept

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BackgroundWarts are one of the most common infections in humans. Plantar warts are a subtype of non-genital warts, and several procedures and topical treatments have been used in its treatment. Cryotherapy is one of the most popular modalities, but it is time-consuming and remission rates vary in different studies. CO2 laser was the first laser used for treating warts. To date, no clinical trial has been done to compare CO2 laser with cryotherapy in the treatment of plantar warts.Patients and MethodsThis randomized controlled trial was performed in order to compare the efficacy and number of sessions needed to treat plantar warts in 60 patients who had received no previous treatment in the previous 3 months. They were randomly allocated to the cryotherapy or CO2 laser group. The number of sessions needed for response and the recurrence rate after a 3-month follow-up was compared in the 2 groups.ResultsSixty patients with plantar warts were randomly allocated to either the CO2 laser or cryotherapy groups. Median age was 25 (range=18–53) and 27 (range= 18–75) years in the cryotherapy group and CO2 laser groups, respectively. Both groups were matched for age and sex (56% male and 44% female in the cryotherapy group and 34% male and 66% female in the CO2 laser group). The median number of sessions needed for complete resolution of the warts in the CO2 laser and cryotherapy groups were 1 (range=1–2) and 3 (range=1–12), respectively. The difference in the number of sessions was statistically significant between the 2 groups (P-value≤0.001). Recurrence rates after a 3-month follow-up was not statistically significant (P-value= 0.069).ConclusionThe number of sessions needed to treat plantar warts was less using CO2 laser than cryotherapy; therefore, this modality can be a good addition to the already existing anti-wart armamentarium.

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Laser Treatment of Nongenital Verrucae

Cited by 40 publications

References 55 publications

Treatment of Warts with Topical Curettage and PDL

Treatment of Warts with Topical Curettage and PDL

Risk factors for recurrence after successful treatment of warts: the role of smoking habits

Cryotherapy versus CO2 laser in the treatment of plantar warts: a randomized controlled trial

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