Efficacy of CO 2 laser treatment in postmenopausal women with vulvovaginal atrophy: A meta‐analysis
Autor: | Yujiao Cao, Yu Zhou, Fengyong Li, Qiang Li, Meichen Liu, Senkai Li |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual analogue scale business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Obstetrics and Gynecology General Medicine Orgasm Cochrane Library Quality of life Internal medicine Meta-analysis medicine Dysuria medicine.symptom Prospective cohort study business Sexual function media_common |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 158:241-251 |
ISSN: | 1879-3479 0020-7292 |
DOI: | 10.1002/ijgo.13973 |
Popis: | OBJECTIVE To explore the efficacy of CO2 laser treatment in postmenopausal women with vulvovaginal atrophy. METHOD PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched to June 9, 2020. Prospective studies on the efficacy of CO2 laser treatment were included. Two researchers independently reviewed articles and extracted data. Heterogeneity test was conducted for each outcome indicator. Sensitivity analysis was performed in all models. RESULTS Twelve articles including 459 participants were enrolled. Compared with baseline, vaginal health indeices (VHIs) were significantly higher at the 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow ups (P |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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