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ArticleProceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering

Optical Clearing of Vaginal Tissues in Cadavers.

Chun-Hung Chang, Luke A Hardy, Michael G Peters, Dina A Bastawros, Erinn M Myers, Michael J Kennelly, Nathaniel M Fried

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Article in Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chun-Hung ChangDepartment of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC.
Luke A HardyDepartment of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC.
Michael G PetersWomen's Center for Pelvic Health, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC.
Dina A BastawrosWomen's Center for Pelvic Health, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC.
Erinn M MyersWomen's Center for Pelvic Health, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC.
Michael J KennellyWomen's Center for Pelvic Health, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC.
Nathaniel M FriedDepartment of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC.
Carolinas Medical Center · USUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte · US

Funding

Minimally Invasive Laser Treatment of Female Stress Urinary IncontinenceR15DK099774 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · PI FRIED, NATHANIEL M · 2014 to 2014
$434k
NIDDK NIH HHS R15 DK099774
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A nonsurgical laser procedure is being developed for treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Previous studies in porcine vaginal tissues, ex vivo, as well as computer simulations, showed the feasibility of using near-infrared laser energy delivered through a transvaginal contact cooling probe to thermally remodel endopelvic fascia, while preserving the vaginal wall from thermal damage. This study explores optical properties of vaginal tissue in cadavers as an intermediate step towards future pre-clinical and clinical studies. Optical clearing of tissue using glycerol resulted in a 15-17% increase in optical transmission after 11 min at room temperature (and a calculated 32.5% increase at body temperature). Subsurface thermal lesions were created using power of 4.6 - 6.4 W, 5.2-mm spot, and 30 s irradiation time, resulting in partial preservation of vaginal wall to 0.8 - 1.1 mm depth.

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incontinencelaseroptical clearing agentoptical coherence tomographythermal remodeling

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PMID30774176
PMCPMC6377076
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