Society of Interventional Radiology

Laser provides children less painful treatment of vascular malformations

Published in Lab Business Week, April 30th, 2006

Research presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 31st Annual Scientific Meeting in Toronto shows interventional radiologists can treat low-flow vascular malformations in children non-surgically with a laser with less pain and virtually no complications.

In the study, 100% of the laser ablations were technically successful, 96% of the patients had their pain eliminated or reduced, and there were no major complications from the procedure. Additionally, the new laser technique is less painful for the patient than existing therapies. Venous malformations are spongy, mass-like lesions composed of abnormal veins-veins with a relative lack of smooth muscle cells...

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Source: Lab Business Week (2006-04-30)

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