Hector Ricardo Galvan Garcia
Hospital Dermatology Dermoquirurgica
Mexico
Title: Onychomycosis: 1064-nm Nd: YAG q-switch laser treatment
Biography
Biography: Hector Ricardo Galvan Garcia
Abstract
Laser treatment of onychomycosisis a quick and easy method without complicationes. Two hundred patients with a KOH(+) , onychoscopy(+), confirmed clinical diagnosis of onychomycosis were included in the present study. All of the patients were treated in a single sesión with a 1064-nm neodymium-dopedyttrium-aluminumgarnet (Nd:YAG)q-switch laser. There was a 100% clinical response rate within the 18-month follow-up period with no side effects. This method is proposed as a novel and safe method for the treatment of ungualpathology.
