Histological study on the effects of microablative fractional CO2 laser on atrophic vaginal tissue: An ex vivo study

Menopause

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 845-849

  Salvatore, Stefano ^a   Maggiore, Umberto Leone Roberti ^a   Athanasiou, Stavros ^b   Origoni, Massimo ^a   Candiani, Massimo ^a   Calligaro, Alberto ^c   Zerbinati, Nicola ^d  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Menopause; Microablative fractional CO2 laser; Pelvic organ prolapse; Vulvovaginal atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GOLGI COMPLEX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROABLATIVE FRACTIONAL CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ATROPHIC VAGINITIS; GAS LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC USE; VAGINA; VULVOVAGINITIS;

AGED; ATROPHIC VAGINITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINA; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 84938984368     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000401     Document Type: Article

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