Multidisciplinary treatment including laser surgery.

Oral mucosal melanoma: conservative treatment including laser surgery.

OBJECTIVE To discuss the convenience of laser surgery as optimal treatment for melanoma of the oral mucosa. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective evaluation of four patients with primary oral melanomas treated at a single Cancer Institution in Mexico City. RESULTS Two patients were treated with resection of the melanoma with CO2 laser together with extraction of the involved dental organs an...

Systemic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma responsive to multidisciplinary treatment including debulking surgery

The lung, followed by regional lymph node and bone, is the most common site for extrahepatic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Metastatic skin lesion of HCC is rare, and it is a sign of poor prognosis, indicating the strong possibility of metastases in other regions of the body. We report the case of a 52-year-old male with multiple metastases, including skin metastasis of HCC, whic...

Textbook of Surgical Treatment Including Operative Surgery

Treatment of scars after aesthetic surgery utilizing of a combination of pulsed dye laser and fractional CO2 laser

Background and Aim: Undesirable appearance of the scar tissue after aesthetic surgery can affect the outcomes and patient satisfaction. In recent years, early laser therapy had been encouraged to reduce the scar tissue formation. However, the available evidence regarding the outcomes of laser therapy utilizing combined lasers are limited. In the current study, the effects of combined laser ther...

The Multidisciplinary Conservative Approach in Treatment of TOS

Objectives: The aims of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of conservative treatment in patients with and without cervical ribs and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS). From so many kinds of conservative treatment in literature, we used a multidisciplinary approach (correction of posture, maximizing muscle endurance and power, stretch shorten muscles, massage for trigger points and maximize th...