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Current management of pelvic organ prolapse in aging women : EMAS clinical guide
2018
Management of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common and challenging task. Nowadays older women are more active than they were in the past, and the development of POP disrupts quality of life and impairs social and personal activities. The menopausal transition is a time of vulnerability, during which many women start experiencing symptoms and signs of POP. The role of hormonal changes or of hormonal therapies in influencing the development or progression of POP has been explored extensively. The management of POP requires considerable clinical skills. Correct diagnosis and characterization of the prolapse and an identification of the individual woman's most bothersome symptoms are the hal…
A cross‐sectional, multi‐center study on treatment of facial acne scars with low‐energy double‐pass 1450‐nm diode laser
2020
Acne scars are the ultimate outcome of acne vulgaris, a prevalent skin disorder affecting the pilo-sebaceous unit. Laser resurfacing has been demonstrated to be an efficient therapy option for acne scars. Hence, we adopted this concept and conducted a study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of low-energy double-pass 1450-nm diode laser on acne scars. This study was conducted on 48 patients with acne scars, treated at 4-week interval with low-energy double-pass 1450-nm diode laser. Patients were evaluated clinically and with photographs, at day 0, first month and third month post the final treatment and during follow-up visit. Five treatment sessions were completed by all patients. Approxi…
Idiopathische makuläre Teleangiektasie (IMT) – Verlaufsbeobachtung mit und ohne Laserphotokoagulation
2010
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of laser photocoagulation for idiopathic macular telangiectasia (IMT) by using the revised and simplified classification of Yannuzzi 2006. Patients and methods The Yannuzzi classification was used for a retrospective analysis of the medical records of all patients with idiopathic macular telangiectasia as diagnosed consecutively in the University Eye Clinic of Mainz in the time period from 1 / 02 to 12 / 06. Laser treatment was indicated only in those eyes which presented with a visual acuity below 10 / 20 (follow-up interval in median 37 months, minimum 13 months). Results 12 patients with unilateral macular telangiectasia (IM…
Photodynamic Therapy in Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularisation
2002
Summary The exudative form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness among people over 50 years of age in the western world. In 2–10% of cases a subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation develops. Conventional laser treatment leads to an unspecific destruction of the CNV including adjacent retinal structures. In addition, significant and immediate vision loss occurs, particularly in cases with central, subfoveal localization of the CNV.Photodynamic therapy (PDT) employing photochemical activation of verteporfin as a photosensitizer induces selective occlusion of CNV with minimal damage to the neurosensory retina and does not impair visual acuity. It became ava…
Vulvo-vaginal atrophy: A new treatment modality using thermo-ablative fractional CO2 laser.
2015
a b s t r a c t Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of thermo-ablative fractional CO2 laser for the treatment of symptoms related to vulvo-vaginal atrophy (VVA) in post-menopausal women. Methods: From April 2013 to December 2013, post-menopausal patients who complained of one or more VVA-related symptoms and who underwent vaginal treatment with fractional CO2 laser were enrolled in the study. At baseline (T0) and 30 days post-treatment (T1), vaginal status of the women was evaluated using the Vaginal Health Index (VHI), and subjective intensity of VVA symptoms was evaluated using a visual analog scale (VAS). At T1, treatment satisfaction was evaluated using a 5-point Likert …
Immediate dental implant placement in post-extraction-infected sites decontaminated with Er,Cr:YSGG laser: a retrospective cohort study
2022
Antecedentes científicos y objetivos de estudio La técnica quirúrgica para la colocación inmediata de un implante dental en un alvéolo post-extracción fue propuesta inicialmente en 1976 por Schulte y Heimke. La colocación de implantes dentales en alveolos post-extracción ofrece ventajas tales como un tiempo de tratamiento reducido y una mayor comodidad para el paciente; además esta técnica permite reducir la exposición quirúrgica del paciente y limitar la reabsorción fisiológica ósea posterior a la extracción del diente, conservando la estética. La justificación para la extracción de un diente comprometido a menudo está relacionada con la presencia de una lesión periapical, consecuencia de …