Modern laser technologies in the treatment of urogenital disorders in women


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Majority postmenopausal women have urogenital disorders. This review presents the clinical and histological effects of a microablative CO2 laser and a non-ablative erbium laser in women with vulvovaginal atrophy, stress urinary incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse.

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Olga A. Pustotina

Academy of Medical Education n.a. F.I. Inozemtsev

Email: pustotina@gmail.com
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology with a Course of Reproductive Medicine

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