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No treatment in common use is 100% effective. The most comprehensive medical review found that no treatment method was more than 73% effective and using a [[placebo]] had a 27% average success rate. | No treatment in common use is 100% effective. The most comprehensive medical review found that no treatment method was more than 73% effective and using a [[placebo]] had a 27% average success rate. | ||
==Surgical Therapy== | |||
The [[American Family Physician]] recommends:{{ref|afp2005}} | |||
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| First-line therapy || over the counter [[salicylic acid]] | |||
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| Second-line therapy || [[Cryosurgery]], intralesional [[immunotherapy]], or pulsed dye laser therapy | |||
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| Third-line therapy || [[Bleomycin]], surgical excision | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
No treatment in common use is 100% effective. The most comprehensive medical review found that no treatment method was more than 73% effective and using a placebo had a 27% average success rate.
Surgical Therapy
The American Family Physician recommends:[2]
| First-line therapy | over the counter salicylic acid |
| Second-line therapy | Cryosurgery, intralesional immunotherapy, or pulsed dye laser therapy |
| Third-line therapy | Bleomycin, surgical excision |