Genitourinary menopausal syndrome: diagnosis and treatment principles

Abstract

Aim: Presentation of basic clinical scientific data based on modern evidence of anatomical and physiological changes in the urogenital tract in periand postmenopause and the principles of management of women with genitourinary menopausal syndrome.Material and methods: The review of domestic and foreign sources devoted to prevalence, modern diagnostics and methods of vaginal atrophy treatment was carried out.Results: the present article contains modern terminology, data on etiopathogenesis, clinic, diagnostics and treatment methods of VVA, clinical examples.

Keywords

• postmenopause
• urogenital disorders
• vulvovaginal atrophy
• genitourinary menopausal syndrome
• vaginal dryness
• dyspareunia