Stabile Guglielmo, Scalia Maria Sole, Carlucci Stefania, De Seta Francesco
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Prz Menopauzalny. 2022 Dec;21(4):253-258. doi: 10.5114/pm.2022.124015. Epub 2022 Dec 30.
INTRODUCTION: Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) affects up to 48% of pre-menopause women and up to 90% of menopausal women. Many menopausal women with dyspareunia have significant vestibular tenderness due to oestrogen deficiency, which increases the density of sensory nerve fibres in the vulva and the vagina. For this reason, GSM is recognized as one of the causes of provoked vestibulodynia. Few therapies have proven to be effective for provoked vestibulodynia. Many studies have shown the efficacy of laser CO therapy, proving its cost-effectiveness and safety for vaginal health. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this article we tested a new non-ablative solid-state laser: Ladylift®. The main difference between Ladylift® and other laser technologies is the use of a non-ablative laser wavelength of 1470 nm, without causing ablative thermal injury on the surface of the mucosa. We enrolled 18 post- menopausal women presenting to a private clinic with GSM symptoms and provoked vulvodynia. RESULTS: The treatment protocol consists of 4 sessions of laser, 2 weeks apart, of the duration of 4 minutes. Benefits to menopause symptoms, reported with a numeric rating scale, and to epithelium trophism reported with the vaginal health index were apparent since the first session. Patients undergoing laser therapy have had evident benefit both from the point of view of pain and from that of vaginal health. CONCLUSIONS: All the women tolerated the therapy well without any adverse effects. However, the beneficial effect tended to gradually decrease over time, suggesting the need to perform more therapy sessions.
引言:绝经泌尿生殖综合征(GSM)影响高达48%的绝经前女性和高达90%的绝经后女性。许多患有性交困难的绝经后女性因雌激素缺乏而有明显的前庭压痛,这增加了外阴和阴道中感觉神经纤维的密度。因此,GSM被认为是诱发性前庭痛的原因之一。很少有疗法被证明对诱发性前庭痛有效。许多研究表明了二氧化碳激光疗法的疗效,证明了其对阴道健康的成本效益和安全性。 材料与方法:在本文中,我们测试了一种新型非剥脱性固态激光:Ladylift®。Ladylift®与其他激光技术的主要区别在于使用了1470nm的非剥脱性激光波长,不会在粘膜表面造成剥脱性热损伤。我们招募了18名到一家私人诊所就诊、有GSM症状和诱发性外阴痛的绝经后女性。 结果:治疗方案包括4次激光治疗,每次间隔2周,每次持续4分钟。自第一次治疗后,用数字评分量表报告的绝经症状改善情况以及用阴道健康指数报告的上皮营养改善情况就很明显。接受激光治疗的患者在疼痛和阴道健康方面都有明显改善。 结论:所有女性对该治疗耐受性良好,无任何不良反应。然而,随着时间推移,有益效果趋于逐渐下降,这表明需要进行更多疗程的治疗。
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