Abstract
Abstract Background: , phototherapy is a good alternative instead of other systemic therapies In children with severe or wide spread skin diseases The objective of the study was to evaluate the therapeutic response of phototherapy in pediatric patients. Methods: . A case series study of total 350 padiatric patients who were treated in Phototherapy Unit at Tripoli Central Hospital in a period of twelfth years Results: The study included 350children , 200 girls(57.1%), 150 boys (42.9%) their age range 12 years with mean of12 ± 3.1 who were treated with narrow-band UVB phototherapy (86.9%), systemic-PUVA ( 5.4%), bath-PUVA (6.3%) or NB-UVB & systemic-PUVA (1.4%). The majority of patients had vitiligo (52.9%) and psoriasis (34.6%) . Fifty nine (59.2%) patients completed their treatment with good response, Acute side effects of phototherapy were observed in (29.8%) of the patients while ( 70.2%) completed their treatment with-out any complications. The highest number of treatments sessions was 304 sessions of NB-UVB ,with the highest cumulative dose of 686.37 J/Cm2 which given to vitiligo patient with good response. Conclusion: phototherapy is an effective and well-tolerated treatment in childhood.