PMID- 33124457
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210708
LR  - 20210708
IS  - 1473-0804 (Electronic)
IS  - 1369-7137 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - sup1
DP  - 2020
TI  - Safety of vaginal erbium laser: A review of 113,000 patients treated in the past 
      8 years.
PG  - S28-S32
LID - 10.1080/13697137.2020.1813098 [doi]
AB  - Background: Energy-based devices are becoming a popular option for minimally 
      invasive vaginal procedures. The aim of this study was to obtain information on 
      the frequency of occurrence of adverse effects (AEs) related to vaginal erbium 
      laser (VEL) treatment.Materials and methods: The global survey was conducted 
      among practitioners using the non-ablative VEL (Fotona, Ljubljana, Slovenia). 
      Users were invited to provide the number of patients treated with VEL and the 
      number of observed laser-related AEs.Results: The survey was conducted from 
      August 2018 to April 2019. Responses from 535 practitioners were collected, with 
      a total of 113,174 patients treated in the period from 2012 to 2019. Out of 535 
      respondents, 160 (30%) shared detailed information about the indications they 
      treated in a population of 62,727 patients, whereas 188 (35%) respondents 
      provided information on the frequency of AEs observed in their treated population 
      of 43,095 patients. All observed AEs were mild to moderate, transient and 
      appeared with low frequencies.Conclusions: Minimally invasive thermal-only laser 
      treatment using the non-ablative VEL procedures appears to be safe and the 
      incidence of AEs is low.
FAU - Gambacciani, M
AU  - Gambacciani M
AD  - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
FAU - Cervigni, M
AU  - Cervigni M
AD  - 'La Sapienza', University Polo Pontino, ICOT-Latina, Italy.
FAU - Gaspar, A
AU  - Gaspar A
AD  - Espacio Clinica Gaspar, Mendoza, Argentina.
FAU - Novakov Mikic, A
AU  - Novakov Mikic A
AD  - Poliklinika Novakov i sar., Novi Sad, Serbia.
FAU - Gaviria, J
AU  - Gaviria J
AD  - Korpo Laser, Caracas, Venezuela.
FAU - Koron, N
AU  - Koron N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9671-4822
AD  - Fotona d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia.
FAU - Vizintin, Z
AU  - Vizintin Z
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3044-190X
AD  - Fotona d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - Climacteric
JT  - Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society
JID - 9810959
SB  - IM
MH  - Female
MH  - Female Urogenital Diseases/surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Laser Therapy/*adverse effects/methods
MH  - Lasers, Solid-State/*therapeutic use
MH  - Menopause
MH  - Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
MH  - Pelvic Organ Prolapse/surgery
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Treatment Outcome
MH  - Urinary Incontinence, Stress
MH  - Vagina/*surgery
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - FotonaSMOOTH(R)
OT  - Non-ablative
OT  - VEL
OT  - erbium laser
OT  - gynecology
OT  - vaginal erbium laser
EDAT- 2020/10/31 06:00
MHDA- 2021/07/09 06:00
CRDT- 2020/10/30 08:38
PHST- 2020/10/30 08:38 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/10/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/07/09 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1080/13697137.2020.1813098 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Climacteric. 2020;23(sup1):S28-S32. doi: 10.1080/13697137.2020.1813098.