LEE P, et al (American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2024), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2024.11.021.) determined the efficacy of Erbium-Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Er-YAG) laser therapy as a treatment for stress urinary, incontinence, using a RCT (sham-controlled), with 6-week and 6-month follow-up at a single tertiary hospital setting with 144 adult female patients with symptomatic stress urinary incontinence.
Results
Of 263 approached, 76/144 and 68/144 were randomized to the laser and sham treatment group respectively. There was no difference between the groups in the reported cure rate, the primary outcome, at 6-months
Conclusion
Er-YAG laser vaginal treatment was no more effective than sham for curing or improving female stress urinary incontinence at 6-months.