Pulsed dye laser therapy for infantile hemangiomas: a systemic review and meta-analysis.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Infantile hemangiomas (IH) are common pediatric tumors. This meta-analysis was performed to review the therapeutic efficacy and safety of pulsed dye laser (PDL) in the treatment of IH.

METHODS:

Seven databases were searched, including PubMed, OvidSP, Karger, Elsevier, EMBASE, Web of Science and Wiley Online Library. The review collected the characteristics of year of publication, hemangiomas cases, prior treatment, laser parameters, adverse side, pretreatment symptom, and number of response from all articles.

RESULTS:

A total of 1580 studies were identified, the first round search retrieved 39 articles met inclusion criteria. Of those, only 13 articles with 1529 hemangiomas were included in the meta-analysis. This meta-analysis demonstrated an overall resolution rate of 89.1% with 6.28% incidence of adverse effect.

CONCLUSION:

PDL may be the effective modality to decrease the proliferative phase and accelerate rates of involution and resolution with few adverse events.

• Authors: L Shen, G Zhou, J Zhao, P Li, Q Xu, Y Dong, Z Zhang
• Journal: QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians (QJM) Vol. 108 Issue 6 Pg. 473-80 (Jun 2015) ISSN: 1460-2393 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 25376585 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Meta-Analysis, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review, Systematic Review)
• Copyright: © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Physicians. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: [email protected].

Topics

• Female
• Hemangioma (surgery)
• Humans
• Infant
• Lasers, Dye (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Male
• Skin Neoplasms (surgery)
• Treatment Outcome