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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Bipolar Radiofrequency and Non-Crosslinked Hyaluronic Acid Plus Calcium Hydroxyapatite in the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence.

Piotr Kolczewski, Mariusz Łukaszuk, Aneta Cymbaluk-Płoska, Mateusz Kozłowski, Sylwester Ciećwież, Rafał Kuźlik, Nicola Zerbinati

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Piotr KolczewskiDepartment of Reconstructive Surgery and Gynecological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0855-6471
Mariusz ŁukaszukNovique-Aesthetic and Anti-Aging Medicine Private Clinic, 80-255 Gdańsk, Poland.
Aneta Cymbaluk-PłoskaDepartment of Reconstructive Surgery and Gynecological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
Mateusz KozłowskiDepartment of Reconstructive Surgery and Gynecological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1176-2153
Sylwester CiećwieżDepartment of Gynecology, Endocrinology and Gynecologic Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, ul. Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9586-5810
Rafał KuźlikSaskaMed Clinic, ul. Jana Nowaka-Jezioranskiego 48, 03-994 Warsaw, Poland.
Nicola ZerbinatiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.

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backgroundStress urinary incontinence (SUI) causes both physical and psychological problems to women and their partners. Recently, vaginal radiofrequency (RF) application, as well as the administration of non-crosslinked hyaluronic acid (NCLHA) together with calcium hydroxyapatite (CaHA), has attracted attention for SUI treatment. The current, comparative study evaluated the efficacy and safety of these technologies acting separately and in a combined treatment.

methodsSixty women with mild to moderate SUI, aged between 46 and 76 years (mean age 63.2) were divided into three groups intended for different treatments: group I, RF vaginal treatment only, group II, NCLHA plus CaHA periurethral injection only, group III, combined treatment including a single periurethral injection of NCLHA plus CaHA followed by four vaginal applications of RF at intervals of 3-5 days. The clinical effects of the treatments were evaluated by ICIQ-LUTSqol (Polish version) and UDI-6.

resultsThe obtained results suggest that the symptoms of SUI and the quality of life of the patients improved significantly in each group after the therapies compared to the pre-treatment levels and were more persistent in the third HA + RF group compared to the HA or the RF group.

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calcium hydroxyapatitenon-crosslinked hyaluronic acidradiofrequencystress urinary incontinence

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