Clinical Applications - Gynecologic/Women's Health - Abstract Session
Friday, April 13 | 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Room: Wedgwood Ballroom
Participants Specialists in energy-based technologies and therapies, gynecologists, urogynecologists, menopausal medicine specialists, urologists, dermatologists, plastic surgeons and aesthetic gynecologists.
Background Requirements A mixed audience is expected, therefore there is no need for special background requirements.
Educational Needs/Expected Learning Objectives: Technologies and delivery systems designed for vaginal use will be presented. These include: CO2, Er:YAG and Nd:YAG lasers, Radiofrequency, Matrix Radiofrequency and HIFEM. Technical details and clinical outcomes will be discussed.
Hot Topics
- Clinical outcomes and long term follow-up of energy-based therapies for vaginal and urinary symptoms
- Well-established laser technologies
- New delivery systems for RF, Matrix RF and HIFEM dedicated for vaginal treatments
Chair(s) Oscar A. Aguirre, MD, FACOG, FPMRPS; Yona Tadir, MD
Special Speaker(s) Cheryl B. Iglesia, MD
| Time |
TITLE - PRESENTING AUTHOR |
| 1:30 PM - 1:35 PM |
Introduction and A Brief History of Lasers in Women's Health - Oscar A. Aguirre |
| 1:36 PM - 1:44 PM |
Overview of "Light and Energy-Based Therapeutics for Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: Consensus and Controversies" - Yona Tadir |
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM |
The 2018 - ASLMS Women's Health Research Puzzle - Yona Tadir |
| 2:01 PM - 2:05 PM |
Q&A |
| RADIOFREQUENCY FOR VAGINAL APPLICATIONS |
| 2:06 PM - 2:14 PM |
TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROCOAGULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF VULVOVAGINAL TISSUE LAXITY Susan G. Murrmann | Methodist University and Baptist Memorial, Memphis, TN |
| 2:15 PM - 2:23 PM |
Best of Clinical Applications - Gynecology and Women's Health Session Award Recipient:
SAFETY AND MECHANISM OF ACTION OF NON-INVASIVE RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT FOR VAGINAL LAXITY: HISTOLOGICAL STUDY IN THE SWINE VAGINAL MODEL David E. Kent | Dermatologic Surgery Specialists, Macon, GA |
| 2:24 PM - 2:32 PM |
THE TREATMENT OF VAGINAL LAXITY USING A NOVEL FRACTIONAL MATRIX RADIOFREQUENCY Sherry Thomas | The American Association of Female Pelvic Medicine Specialists, Agoura Hills, CA
|
| 2:33 PM - 2:44 PM |
Q&A |
| 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM |
BREAK |
| CO2 LASER FOR VAGINAL APPLICATIONS |
| 3:31 PM - 3:39 PM |
EARLY EFFECT OF FRACTIONAL CO2 LASER TREATMENT IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH VAGINAL ATROPHY Scott E. Eder | Center for Women's Health & Wellness, LLC, Plainsboro, NJ |
| 3:40 PM - 3:48 PM |
PIXELATED CO2 LASER TREATMENT FOR GENITOURINARY SYNDROME OF MENOPAUSE: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY Jeffrey Schachar ♦✈ | Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL |
| 3:49 PM - 3:57 PM |
IMPROVEMENT IN VULVOVAGINAL ATROPHY SYMPTOMS FOLLOWING FRACTIONAL CO2 LASER Stephen Swanson | Women's Clinic of Lincoln, P.C., Lincoln, NE |
| 3:58 PM - 4:06 PM |
THE TREATMENT OF ATROPHIC VAGINITIS USING A NOVEL SUPERPULSED FRACTIONAL CO2 Sherry Thomas | The American Association of Female Pelvic Medicine Specialists, Agoura Hills, CA
|
4:07 PM - 4:15 PM
|
THE EFFECT OF PIXELATED CO2 LASER ON THE VAGINAL EPITHELIUM IS NOT THE SAME AS THAT OF LOCAL ESTROGEN: CYTOLOGIC EVIDENCE Jeffrey Schachar ♦ | Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
|
| 4:16 PM - 4:22 PM |
Q&A |
| 4:23 PM - 4:38 PM |
Regulatory Issues Related to Energy-based Therapeutic in Women's Health - Cheryl B. Iglesia |
| 4:39 PM - 4:44 PM |
Q&A |
| PDT/PHOTOBIOMODULATION |
| 4:45 PM - 4:53 PM |
HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EVALUATION PRE AND POST TREATMENT WITH TOPICAL CORTICOSTEROID AND PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS Renata Belotto ♦| Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brazil |
| 4:54 PM - 5:02 PM |
OUTCOME STUDY AFTER COMPARING PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AND EXCISION OF TRANSFORMATION ZONE FOR HIGH GRADE INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA: 18 MONTHS OF OBSERVATION PROTOCOL Renata Belotto ♦✈| Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brazil |
| 5:03 PM - 5:11 PM |
VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS: HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EVALUATION AFTER POST PHOTOBIOMODULATION TREATMENT AND TOPICAL CORTICOSTEROID Renata Belotto ♦| Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brazil |
| 5:12 PM - 5:20 PM |
EFFECT OF LOW LEVEL LASER ACUPUNCTURE ON HOT FLASHES AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN Eitedal M. Daoud | Medical Division National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
|
| 5:21 PM - 5:28 PM |
Q&A |
| 5:29 PM - 5:30 PM |
Closing - Oscar A. Aguirre & Yona Tadir |
Schedule and rooms subject to change without notice
♦ Early Career Presenter | ✈ ASLMS Educational Grant Recipient
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Schedule and rooms subject to change without notice.