Abstract
Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is defined as urinary urgency, usually with urinary frequency and nocturia, with or without urge urinary incontinence. The prevalence of OAB in adult women ranges between 11% and 42%, is particularly common in elderly people, and can overlap with the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM). There is a wide approach to the treatment of symptoms, often in a stepwise fashion, including lifestyle changes, bladder retraining and pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation, drug therapy, intra-vesical botulinum toxin injections or neuromodulation. Recently, vaginal laser therapy has been proposed as an emerging minimal invasive effective treatment option for women with OAB. We explore this further.
Highlights
Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is defined as urinary urgency, usually with urinary frequency and nocturia, with or without urge urinary incontinence
The prevalence of OAB in adult women ranges between 11% and 42%, and is common with age, overlapping with the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM)
Vaginal laser therapy has been proposed as an emerging minimal invasive effective treatment option for women with OAB [1,2,3,4,5,6]
Summary
Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is defined as urinary urgency, usually with urinary frequency and nocturia, with or without urge urinary incontinence. Vaginal laser therapy has been proposed as an emerging minimal invasive effective treatment option for women with OAB [1,2,3,4,5,6]. How this laser-induced tissue effect translates into an improvement of OAB symptoms has never been explained and it is currently still questionable and unknown. Several authors to date have explored the effectiveness of vaginal lasers to treat GSM, with few studies focusing only on outcomes in women with OAB symptoms.
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