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ArticleJournal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons

The Role of Diode Laser in Management of Oral Hemangiomas and Venous Malformations.

Mohamed Ashraf Farghaly, Hadeer Mohamed Nasreldin, Ali Mohamed Saafan, Ahmed Ezzat Arafat, Khaled S Abdullateef, Sherif Nabhan Kaddah, Ahmed Mohamed Wishahy

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Mohamed Ashraf FarghalyDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Cairo University Specialized Paediatric Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hadeer Mohamed NasreldinDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Cairo University Specialized Paediatric Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ali Mohamed SaafanNational Laser Institute, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Ahmed Ezzat ArafatDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Cairo University Specialized Paediatric Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Khaled S AbdullateefDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Cairo University Specialized Paediatric Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Sherif Nabhan KaddahDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Cairo University Specialized Paediatric Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmed Mohamed WishahyDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Cairo University Specialized Paediatric Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

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Introduction: Infantile hemangiomas affect 4%-10% of children under 1 year, while venous malformations (VMs) occur in 1-5/10,000 births. Oral hemangiomas (OHs) often ulcerate and lead to complications, whereas VMs can cause significant morbidity through bleeding, painful expansion, or obstruction of vital structures. Early and effective treatment is crucial, and intralesional diode laser therapy has been proposed as a promising intervention. Patients and Methods: A prospective interventional cohort was conducted on 40 patients: 29 patients with OH and 11 patients with oral VMs at the pediatric surgery department of Cairo University Children Hospital. A 980-nm diode laser (Lasotronix-Smart M Results: The median pretreatment lesion size of 16.5 mm significantly decreased to 13.2 mm ( Conclusions: Intralesional diode laser therapy is a safe and effective modality for managing OHs and VMs in children, providing significant cosmetic and functional benefits with a low recurrence rate.

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Diode laserhemangiomalaser therapypediatric surgeryvenous malformations

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PMCPMC12316423

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