Summary: Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 39:118­127 (2007)
Laser Surgery of Port Wine Stains Using Local Vaccum
Pressure: Changes in Calculated Energy Deposition (Part II)
Walfre Franco, PhD,1,2
* Michael Childers, MS,2
J. Stuart Nelson, MD, PhD,1
and Guillermo Aguilar, PhD
1,2
1
Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine, California 92612
2
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521
Background and Objectives: Application of local
vacuum pressure to human skin during laser irradiation
results in less absorption in the epidermis and more light
delivered to targeted vessels with an increased blood
volume. The objective of the present numerical study is to
assess the effect of applying local vacuum pressure on the
temperatures of the epidermis and small vessels during
port wine stain (PWS) laser treatment.

Source: Aguilar, Guillermo - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Riverside

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