Laser Therapy As a Treatment for Chronic Radiation Fibrosis

Overview

Journal Lasers Surg Med

Specialties General Surgery
Pharmacology

Date 2022 Nov 9

PMID 36349748

Authors

Britney Wilson

Rohan Shah

Christian Menzer

Abdullah Aleisa

Anthony Rossi

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Abstract

Background: Chronic radiation fibrosis (CRF) is a long-term sequala of radiation therapy that has a significant impact on patient quality of life. There is no standard of care or single therapeutic modality that has been found to be consistently effective.

Objective: To describe our experience using fractional 10,600 nm carbon dioxide (CO ) laser therapy and vascular laser therapy in a series of patients with CRF.

Methods: Patients presenting to the dermatology service for CRF were evaluated for laser therapy eligibility. Patients were eligible if they had a clinical diagnosis of CRF confirmed by physical examination.

Results: We identified five patients with CRF treated with fractional ablative CO laser and vascular laser. Patients were a median age of 57 years old, and the amount of time between the initiation of radiotherapy and laser treatment ranged between 3 months and 40 years. The satisfactory response was achieved in all cases.

Limitations: Lack of standardized laser protocol, small sample size, lack of a control group, different anatomical locations CONCLUSION: Fractional ablative and vascular laser therapy may serve as an additional treatment for CRF, leading to functional improvements.

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PMID: 36349748 PMC: 10099494. DOI: 10.1002/lsm.23617.

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