A Study of Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser Treatment for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common disease that refers to involuntary loss of urine. The prevalence of female UI varies widely across different studies, mostly ranging from 25-40%. Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the most common type of UI. SUI is defined as involuntary loss of urine when abdominal pressure increases suddenly such as coughing or sneezing. SUI affects women's quality of life seriously, causing psychological problems such as anxiety and depression, even socialization difficulties. There are many treatment options for female SUI, including non-surgical and surgical interventions. Clinicians and patients need a highly effective and low-risk therapy urgently, thus energy-based therapies were born on demand. This study aims to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of the fractional CO2 laser in the treatment of female SUI, as well as its impact on women's quality of life.

Inclusion Criteria:Women aged 18-70 yearsClinical diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence (SUI)Exclusion Criteria:pregnancypelvic organs prolapse no more than grade IIgynecologic and urinary tract infectionsprevious surgical intervention for stress urinary incontinence (SUI)Urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) or Mixed urinary incontinence (MUI)serious chronic disease or other reasons that compromised safety and interfered with study compliance