Treatment | PGs | Recurrences (recurrence rate) |
Surgical management | 753 | 38 (5.05%) |
Surgical excision | 510 | 15 (2.94%) |
Curettage/shave excision +/– cautery/cautery alone | 199 | 19 (9.55%) |
Shave excision + laser photocoagulation | 28 | 2 (7.14%) |
Blunt removal + cauterization with silver nitrate | 13 | 2 (15.38%) |
Punch excision/biopsy | 2 | 0 (0%) |
Applying a suture around the base | 1 | 0 (0%) |
Nonsurgical management | 409 | 15 (3.67%) |
Cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen | 185 | 3 (1.62%) |
CO2 laser ablation | 103 | 5 (4.85%) |
Flashlamp pulsed dye laser | 69 | 3 (4.35%) |
Nd:YAG laser | 2 | 0 (0%) |
1064 nm laser + glycerin sclerotherapy | 1 | 0 (0%) |
Sclerotherapy with monoethanolamine oleate | 9 | 0 (0%) |
Sclerotherapy with monoethanolamine oleate | 15 | 2 (13.33%) |
Topical imiquimod 5% cream | 17 | 0 (0%) |
Systemic steroids | 1 | 0 (0%) |
Diathermy | 1 | 0 (0%) |
Radiation treatment | 1 | 0 (0%) |
Intralesional bleomycin injection | 1 | 0 (0%) |
Observation | 4 | 0 (0%) |
Total | 1162 | 53 (4.56%) |
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