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. 2018 Apr 18;2018(4):CD006545. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006545.pub3

Maier 2012.

Methods Randomised trial
Participants 182 infants (55 males/127 females) with 1 (n = 124) or several (n = 58) superficial haemangiomas in the early progressive or the indifferent phase with a maximum diameter of 30 mm
Age: unclear
Sex: unclear
Country: unclear
Interventions Pulsed dye laser (n = 70), cryotherapy (n = 54), and observation (n = 58)
Outcomes Authors defined the following evaluation criteria: complete remission, partial remission, stop of growth, progression; blistering, crust, scar, hypo‐ or hyperpigmentation. Furthermore, there was a grading of the cosmetic appearance of the vascular tumour by the children's parents: 1 (cosmetically acceptable) to 4 (cosmetically not acceptable).
Notes Abstract