Computer Simulations of Thermal Tissue Remodeling During Transvaginal and Transurethral Laser Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence

摘要

Background and Objectives:A non-surgical method is being developed for treating female stress urinary incontinence by laser thermal remodeling of subsurface tissues with applied surface tissue cooling. Computer simulations of light transport, heat transfer, and thermal damage in tissue were performed, comparing transvaginal and transurethral approaches.