Technological evolution in the radiofrequency treatment of vaginal laxity and menopausal vulvo-vaginal atrophy and other genitourinary symptoms: First experiences with a novel dynamic quadripolar device

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 225-236

  Vicariotto, Franco ^a   Raichi, Mauro ^b  

^a Società Italiana Menopausa   (Italy)

^b Clinical Pharmacology Consultant   (Italy)

Author keywords

Menopause; Pulsed radiofrequency treatment; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMIC QUADRIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE URINARY INCONTINENCE SEXUAL QUESTIONNAIRE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY HEATING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; THERMAL INJURY; THERMOTHERAPY; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VAGINAL LAXITY; VAGINAL LAXITY QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREMENOPAUSE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISEASES; VULVA;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISEASES; VULVA;

EID: 84971507730     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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