Intravaginal Laser Treatment of Mild and Moderate Stress Incontinence (laser)

University Hospital Tuebingen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress Incontinence, Female

Treatments: Device: laser therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03267719

Uro-Laser

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of laser therapy as a non-surgical treatment option in patients with mild and moderate stress incontinence.

Full description

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of laser therapy as a non-surgical treatment option in patients with mild and moderate stress incontinence.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Light or moderate stress incontinence
• mixed urine incontinence with predominance of the stress component
• written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• patients treated radiotherapy in the small basin
• connective tissue disorders (e.g., Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome)
• patient with or after malignant disease of the uterus, ovaries, vagina and vulva
• former surgery due to stress incontinence (except for the patients who had a TVT insert with removal of the TVT)
• Descensus genitalis> POPQ Stage 1
• former surgery due to a genital lowering with vaginal netting

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

laser therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Erbium-laser therapy will be applied

Treatment:

Device: laser therapy