KTP-Nd:YAG laser therapy for the treatment of vestibulodynia: A follow-up study

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-58

  Leclair, Catherine M ^a,b   Goetsch, Martha F ^a   Lee, Ken K ^a   Jensen, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser; Vestibulodynia; Vulva; Vulvar diseases; Vulvar vestibulitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULODYNIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VULVA DISEASE; YAG LASER; ARTICLE; DYSPAREUNIA; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 34047159475     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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