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First assessment of short-term efficacy of Er:YAG laser treatment on stress urinary incontinence in women: prospective cohort study - Read Full Text.
Fistonić N, Fistonić I, Lukanovič A, Guštek ŠF, Turina IS, Franić D. Climacteric. 2015 Oct;18 Suppl 1:37-42.
Novel minimally invasive laser treatment of urinary incontinence in women - Read Full Text.
Ogrinc UB, Senčar S, Lenasi H. Lasers Surg Med., 2015: 47(9): 689-97.
Effects of laser procedure for female urodynamic stress incontinence on pad weight, urodynamics, and sexual function - Read Full Text.
Tien YV, et al. Tien YW, Hsiao SM, Lee CN, Lin HH. International Urogynecology Journal, 2017, Mar 1;28(3):469-76.
Minimally invasive, non-ablative Er:YAG laser treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women – a pilot study - Read Full Text.
Fistonic N, Fistonic I, Findri Gustek S, Sorta Bilajac Turina I, Franic D, Vizintin Z, Kazic M, Hreljac I, Perhavec T, Lukac M. Lasers in Medical Science, 2016: vol. 31 (4) pp 635-43.
Non-ablative erbium YAG laser for the treatment of type III stress urinary incontinence (intrinsic sphincter deficiency) - Read Full Text.
Gaspar A, Brandi H. Lasers in medical science. 2017 Apr 1;32(3): 685-91.
Baseline ICIQ-UI score, body mass index, age, average birth weight, and perineometry duration as promising predictors of the short-term efficacy of Er:YAG laser treatment in stress urinary incontinent women: A prospective cohort study - Read Full Text.
Fistonić I, Fistonić N. Lasers Surg Med. 2018 Jan 23. doi: 10.1002/lsm.22789
Non-ablative Er:YAG Laser Therapy Effect on Stress Urinary Incontinence Related to Quality of Life and Sexual Function: A Randomized Controlled Trial - Read Full Text.
Blaganje, M., Šćepanović, D., Žgur, L., Verdenik, I., Pajk, F., Lukanović, A. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 224 (2018):153–158
Comparison between erbium ‑ doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser therapy and sling procedures in the treatment of stress and mixed urinary incontinence - Read Full Text.
Okui N. World J Urol. 2019 May;37(5):885-889. doi: 10.1007/s00345-018-2445-x
The short-term outcome of laser in the management of female pelvic floor disorders: Focus on stress urine incontinence and sexual dysfunction - Read Full Text.
Lin HY, Tsai HW, Tsui KH, An YF, Lo CC, Lin ZH, Liou WS, Wang PH. Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Dec;57(6):825-829. doi: 10.1016/j.tjog.2018.10.010
Predictive factors for the efficacy of Er:YAG laser treatment of urinary incontinence - Read Full Text.
Erel CT, Inan D, Mut A. Maturitas. 2020 Feb;132:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.11.003
Erbium:YAG laser treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: midterm data - Read Full Text.
Kuszka, A., Gamper, M., Walser, C. et al. Int Urogynecol J 31, 1859–1866 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-019-04148-9
Er:YAG laser treatment of urinary incontinence after failed TOT/TVT procedures - Read Full Text.
Erel, C.T. et al. European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology (2020), 252, pp.399–403.
Safety of vaginal erbium laser: A review of 113,000 patients treated in the past 8 years - Read Full Text.
Gambacciani M, Cervigni M, Gaspar A, Novakov Mikić A, Gaviria J, Koron N, Vizintin Z. Climacteric. 2020;23(sup1):S28-S32. doi: 10.1080/13697137.2020.1813098
Er:YAG laser in hysterectomized women with stress urinary incontinence: a VELA retrospective cohort, non-inferiority study - Read Full Text.
C. T. Erel, I. Fistonić, M. Gambacciani, Y. Oner & N. Fistonić. Climacteric (2020), 23:sup1, S18-S23
Comparison of urethral sling surgery and non-ablative vaginal Erbium:YAG laser treatment in 327 patients with stress urinary incontinence: a case-matching analysis - Read Full Text.
Okui N, Miyazaki H, Takahashi W, Miyauchi T, Ito C, Okui M, Shigemori K, Miyazaki Y, Vizintin Z, Lukac M. Lasers Med Sci. 2022 Feb;37(1):655-663. doi: 10.1007/s10103-021-03317-x
Vaginal erbium laser for treatment of stress urinary incontinence: optimization of treatment regimen for a sustained long-term effect - Read Full Text.
Gaspar A, Koron N, Silva J, Brandi H. Lasers Med Sci. 2022 Jun;37(4):2157-2164. doi: 10.1007/s10103-021-03474-z
Changes in sexual function and vaginal topography using transperineal ultrasound after vaginal laser treatment for women with stress urinary incontinence - Read Full Text.
Long CY, Wu PC, Chen HS, Lin KL, Loo Z, Liu Y, Wu CH. Sci Rep. 2022 Mar 2;12(1):3435. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06601-0
Study of Proliferative Activity of Vaginal Epithelium in Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence Treated by Er:YAG Laser - Read Full Text.
Lapii GA, Yakovleva AY, Neimark AI, Lushnikova EL. Bull Exp Biol Med. 2017 Jun;163(2):280-283. doi: 10.1007/s10517-017-3784-0
Structural Reorganization of the Vaginal Mucosa in Stress Urinary Incontinence under Conditions of Er:YAG Laser Treatment - Read Full Text.
Lapii GA, Yakovleva AY, Neimark AI. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2017, 162(4):510–514.
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