ArticleLasers in medical science2022
Comparison of urethral sling surgery and non-ablative vaginal Erbium:YAG laser treatment in 327 patients with stress urinary incontinence: a case-matching analysis.
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- Exploring the role of laser therapy for stress urinary incontinence: a literature review.Lasers in medical science · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of non-ablative ErYAG laser for mild to moderate stress urinary incontinence: a prospective, multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial.Lasers in medical science · 2025Trial
- Laser treatment for urinary incontinence in elite female athletes analyzed using a discrete mathematics approach.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Navigating Treatment Choices for Stress and Urgency Urinary Incontinence Using Graph Theory in Discrete Mathematics.Cureus · 2024Article
- Innovative decision making tools using discrete mathematics for stress urinary incontinence treatment.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Management of mixed urinary incontinence: IUGA committee opinion.International urogynecology journal · 2024Review
- Mesh Extraction Surgery and Laser Treatment for Pain After Mid-Urethral Sling Surgery: A Case Series.Cureus · 2024Article
- Efficacy and safety of intraurethral Erbium:YAG laser treatment in women with stress urinary incontinence following failed intravaginal laser therapy: a retrospective study.Lasers in medical science · 2023Article
- Long-Term Improvement in Urinary Incontinence in an Elite Female Athlete Through the Laser Treatment: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
- The evidence behind the use of LASER for genitourinary syndrome of menopause, vulvovaginal atrophy, urinary incontinence and lichen sclerosus: A state-of-the-art review.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2022Review
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Abstract
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) occurs when abdominal pressure, such as from coughing or sneezing, causes urine leakage. We retrospectively compared tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and non-ablative vaginal Erbium:YAG laser treatment (VEL) by propensity score (PS) analysis in women with SUI. No PS analysis studies have investigated urethral sling surgery using polypropylene TVT and VEL for SUI. Data from patients aged 35-50 years who were treated for SUI and registered at several institutions were selected. Patients with medical records covering 1 year for the 1-h pad test, who completed the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF) and the Overactive Bladder Symptom Score (OABSS), were included. We analyzed 102, 113, and 112 patients in the TVT, VEL, and control groups, respectively. Compared with the control group, the TVT and VEL groups exhibited significant improvement in the 1-h pad test and ICIQ-SF. In the PS analysis, the TVT and VEL groups similarly improved in the 1-h pad test and ICIQ-SF. As for the OABSS, the VEL group showed significantly greater improvement than the TVT group. In the odds ratio analysis for the 1-h pad test, no differences in any of the parameters were observed between TVT and VEL. VEL may be considered an alternative to TVT for SUI treatment.
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