Post! Operative out come of Removal of Acrochordons with Eleitrocautry, cutting with Nd-YAG laser and coagulation with Nd-YAG laser in Sudanese Patients

Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness ,efficacy and the postoperative outcome of three methods used in the removal of Acrochordons , these are the electrocautery, the Fibertom mode of Nd-yag laser and the standard mode of Nd-yag laser Electrocautery is the old traditional method used in the removal of many dermatological overgowthes . The method of removal is burning by high temperature and coagulation, the hyfrecator device was used for this purpose. The Fibertom mode was used for cutting with high power .The standard mode was used to coagulate the lesions which will eventually fall off. Fifteen patients were enrolled in this study, five patients for each method The results showed that the post operative outcome was excellent with the three methods used ,only slight differences were detected in healing time , infection and hyperpigmentation .these differences were statistically insignificant when tested by the P value. So ,electrocautary is to be considered first line of removal of Acrochordons s especially if the lesions are located near the eyes. Otherwise patient choice should be respected