Cervicofacial Venous Malformations

Strangling technique to treat large cervicofacial venous malformations: a preliminary report.

BACKGROUND Surgical removal of large cervicofacial venous malformations might be hampered by massive intraoperative bleeding. Moreover, these lesions often insinuate within normal surrounding tissue, making complete resection impossible without causing significant morbidity. METHODS Two patients affected by facial venous malformations nonresponsive to sclerotherapy underwent surgery. Bleeding...

Venous Malformations

477 Vascular anomalies (birthmarks) are commonly encountered lesions and vary from tiny skin discolorations to large, devastating lesions requiring invasive interventions (Table 1).1 These lesions can involve any part of the body, but the lower extremities, particularly the foot and ankle regions, are commonly affected. A vascular anomaly in the foot or ankle usually requires treatment because ...

Use of the LigaSure in Cervicofacial Venous Malformation Excision

Complete surgical excision of venous malformations (VMs) is frequently complicated by massive bleeding and nerve damage, particularly in the cervicofacial area. This report describes a novel technique for the resection of cervicofacial VMs using the LigaSure (Valleylab, Tyco International Healthcare, Boulder, CO) vessel sealing system. We report three cases of VM excision using this vessel seal...

Laser treatment of venous malformations.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether treatment of venous congenital vascular malformations with the use of laser technology provides lightening or disappearance of lesions with a high degree of satisfaction reported by patients and observed by the physician. METHODS A retrospective study gathered 26 patients suffering from vascular malformation, of which 73.07% were female and were treated with the ...

Zosteriform venous malformations with an atypical presentation.