[Medical tattooing, an unknown treatment option]. / Medisch tatoeëren, een onbekende behandeloptie.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
; 1662022 05 12.
Article
in Nl
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35736376
ABSTRACT
Medical tattooing is mostly known as a treatment option after breast reconstructive surgery. Nowadays, medical tattooing has a broader indication and can be used for treating port wine stains, scars, burns and transplanted skin. We present three patients with different indications for medical tattooing one patient with a facial port wine stain, one patient with a scar after a thoracotomy, and a patient with a skin transplantation. They were all satisfied with the result. We discuss alternative treatment options, the treatment technique, the aftercare, and the follow-up of medical tattooing. Patients with facial port wine stains, scars, burns and skin transplants remain difficult to treat. We therefore recommend to apply medical tattooing in a broader spectrum of patients and to set up a multi-center study investigating the patient reported outcomes measures and the results of this treatment technique.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tattooing
/
Port-Wine Stain
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Nl
Journal:
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
Year:
2022
Type:
Article