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Modern medicine has increased the longevity. The average life expectancy for a woman in developed countries is expected to be around 80 years and in developing countries 70 years. With increasing years added to life, there are more chances for women to suffer from somatic and psychological symptoms due to aging and estrogen deficiency like vaginal dryness, laxity recurrent urinary infections, urgency, stress urinary leakage and many more. Along with medical therapy they can be offered energy based devices treatment like (Lasers, HIFU, Radiofrequency, Emsella, PRP’s) to improve their symptoms. These are quick, painless, non-invasive, patient & user friendly modalities. Learn about these treatment modalities in this chapter. It is very important to offer these women a good quality of life and not only quantity.
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Jindal, P., Kundal, I., Kalra, R., Sahdev, S. (2022). Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause. In: Jindal, P., Malhotra, N., Joshi, S. (eds) Aesthetic and Regenerative Gynecology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1743-0_26
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