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      Successful Treatment of Segmental Vitiligo in Children with the Combination of 1-mm Minigrafts and Phototherapy

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          Background: Minigrafts using a 1-mm biopsy punch (1-mm minigrafts) are being increasingly used to treat vitiligo. However, there have been few reports of the use of 1-mm minigrafts in pediatric patients. Objective: To examine the effectiveness of combination therapy with 1-mm minigrafts and phototherapy in children with segmental vitiligo. Methods: Minigrafts were placed in 13 patients aged ≤16 years with segmental vitiligo. Following surgery, 11 patients underwent irradiation with excimer laser light and 2 with narrow-band ultraviolet B light. Results: A mean repigmentation of 81.6% was obtained. A particularly high mean repigmentation of 87.9% was seen in patients aged ≤12 years, indicating greater efficacy in these patients than in patients aged ≥13 years (mean, 67.5%). Although a transient cobblestone appearance occurred as an adverse effect, it improved over time. Conclusions: Combined treatment of segmental vitiligo with 1-mm minigrafts and phototherapy can be performed safely and is highly effective in young patients.

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          A systematic review of autologous transplantation methods in vitiligo.

          W Westerhof, Lieuwe D J Bos, M Njoo … (1998)
          A systematic review of the effectiveness, safety, and applicability of autologous transplantation methods in vitiligo. Computerized searches of bibliographical databases, a complementary manual literature search, and contacts with researchers and pharmaceutical firms. Predefined selection criteria were applied to all studies found. Two investigators independently assessed the articles for inclusion. When there was a disagreement, a third investigator was consulted. Sixty-three studies were found, of which 16 reported on minigrafting, 13 on split-thickness grafting, 15 on grafting of epidermal blisters, 17 on grafting of cultured melanocytes, and 2 on grafting of noncultured epidermal suspension. Of these, 39 patient series were included. The highest mean success rates (87%) were achieved with split-skin grafting (95% confidence interval, 82%-91%), and epidermal blister grafting (87%) (95% confidence interval, 83%-90%). The mean success rate of 5 culturing techniques varied from 13% to 53%. However, in 4 of the 5 culturing methods, fewer than 20 patients were studied. Minigrafting had the highest rates of adverse effects but was the easiest, fastest, and least expensive method. Because no controlled trials were included, treatment recommendations should be formulated with caution. Split-thickness and epidermal blister grafting can be recommended as the most effective and safest techniques. No definite conclusions can be drawn about the effectiveness of culturing techniques because only a small number of patients have been studied. The choice of method also depends on certain disease characteristics and the availability of specialized personnel and equipment.
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            Vitiligo: Compendium of clinico-epidemiological features

            Govind Narayan Srivastava, VirendraN Sehgal (2007)
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              Update on skin repigmentation therapies in vitiligo.

              M Barona, Rafael Falabella (2009)
              Treatment for vitiligo is difficult and prolonged. Nevertheless, at present considerable knowledge accumulated during several decades on the pathogenic mechanisms, revealed important clues for designing new strategies to improve vitiligo depigmentation. With available medical therapies, high repigmentation percentages mostly on facial and neck lesions are achieved, although they are less effective on trunk and limbs and poor on the acral parts of the extremities. Narrow band UVB and psoralens and UVA are the two most important treatments for generalized vitiligo affecting more than 10-20% of the cutaneous surface, and topical corticosteroids, or calcineurin inhibitors are the most valuable treatments for localized vitiligo. Persistence of achieved regimentation is variable and an undefined percentage of patients may have variable recurrence. When vitiligo becomes refractory, surgical methods may improve depigmentation as effectively as with medical therapy; in segmental (unilateral) or long standing, non-segmental (bilateral) stable vitiligo, repigmentation with surgical methods is usually permanent.
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                Journal ID (publisher-id): DRM
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Dermatology
                Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1018-8665
                Title: Dermatology
                Publisher: S. Karger AG
                ISSN (Print): 1018-8665
                ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9832
                Publication date Subscription-year: 2016
                Publication date (Print): April 2016
                Publication date (Electronic): 03 February 2016
                Volume: 232
                Issue: 2
                Pages: 237-241
                Affiliations
                Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
                Author notes
                *Setsuya Aiba, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574 (Japan), E-Mail saiba@med.tohoku.ac.jp
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5245-1848
                https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8350-6602
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                Publisher ID: 442666 Other ID: Dermatology 2016;232:237-241
                DOI: 10.1159/000442666
                PubMed ID: 26836583
                SO-VID: 446b57e5-b390-4e18-87d6-94e76386d4ce
                Copyright © © 2016 S. Karger AG, Basel
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                Date received : 31 July 2015
                Date accepted : 23 November 2015
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                Figures: 1, Tables: 1, References: 17, Pages: 5
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                Subject: Original Paper

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Oncology & Radiotherapy,Pathology,Surgery,Dermatology,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
                Keywords: Phototherapy,1-mm minigrafts,Segmental vitiligo
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Oncology & Radiotherapy, Pathology, Surgery, Dermatology, Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
                Keywords: Phototherapy, 1-mm minigrafts, Segmental vitiligo

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