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ReviewAmerican journal of clinical dermatology2020

Dermatologic Laser Side Effects and Complications: Prevention and Management.

Tina S Alster, Monica K Li

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Review in American journal of clinical dermatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Frontiers in medicine · 2026
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  4. Review
  5. Tattoo-related Uveitis: A Devastating and Fairly Common Association.The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2025
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  7. Manual Fractional Technology with COAesthetic plastic surgery · 2025
    Article
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  12. Fractional COPhotobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery · 2024
    Article
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  19. COClinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2022
    Article
  20. The Use of Lasers and Light Devices in Acne Management: An Update.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Tina S AlsterWashington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery, Washington, DC, USA. talster@skinlaser.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2434-9448
Monica K LiCity Medical Aesthetics Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evolution of modern laser and light-based systems has mirrored the demand for clinically effective treatments and the need for safer technologies with reduced postoperative recovery, side effects, and complications. With each new generation of lasers, more selective tissue destruction can be achieved with reduced unwanted sequelae. Patient selection and preparation, operator technique, and expeditious recognition and management of post-treatment side effects are paramount in avoiding complications and patient dissatisfaction. An overview of important variables to consider for dermatologic laser treatments are presented in order to provide a framework to reduce the severity and duration of possible post-treatment side effects and complications.

Indexed as

CicatrixCosmetic TechniquesDermatitis, ContactDermatologic AgentsDermatologic Surgical ProceduresErythemaHumansLasersLaser TherapyPatient SatisfactionPatient SelectionPigmentation DisordersPostoperative ComplicationsSkinSkin PigmentationDermatologic Agents

Identifiers

PMID32529468

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