ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2023
Surgery for Port-Wine Stains: A Systematic Review.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- The 595-nm Wavelength Pulsed Dye Laser for Pediatric Port-Wine Birthmarks and Infantile Hemangiomas: A Systematic Review.Lasers in surgery and medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of hemoporfin photodynamic therapy in treating port-wine stains in Chinese children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Prosthodontic and Occlusal Management of a Patient With Facial Port-Wine Stains: A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Cutaneous laser treatment of port-wine stains and its impact on ocular manifestations in Sturge-Weber syndrome.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2026Review
- Minimally invasive transoral surgical approach to the medial compartment of the masticator space for venous malformation and benign tumor removal.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Multidisciplinary, multicenter consensus for the care of patients affected with Sturge-Weber syndrome.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025Article
- Photo-Mediated Ultrasound Therapy (PUT) for the Treatment of Deep Cutaneous Vasculature.IEEE open journal of ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control · 2025Article
- Pulsed Dye Laser for Port Wine Stains in 974 Children: A 20-Year Study in China.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2024Article
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPort-wine stains (PWS) are congenital low-flow vascular malformations of the skin. PWS tend to become thicker and darker with time. Laser therapy is the gold standard and the first-line therapy for treating PWS. However, some resistant PWS, or PWS that have tissue hypertrophy, do not respond to this therapy. Our aim is to evaluate the role of surgery in the treatment of PWS birthmarks.
methodsA literature search was performed in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science (WOS) and Google Scholar for all papers dealing with surgery for port-wine stains, from January 2010 to December 2020 using the search strings: (capillary vascular malformation OR port-wine stains OR Sturge Weber Syndrome OR sws OR pws) AND (surgical OR surgery).
resultsTen articles were identified and used for analysis. They were almost all case series with a short follow up period and lacked an objective-systematic score of evaluation.
conclusionsDelay in treatment of port wine stains may result in soft tissue and bone hypertrophy or nodules with disfiguring or destructive characteristics. The correction of PWS-related facial asymmetry often requires bone surgery followed by soft tissue corrections to achieve a more harmonious, predictable result.
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