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The aim of our study is to assess efficacy of noninvasive erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet laser (Er:YAG laser) for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI).<jats:italic> Materials and Methods<\/jats:italic>. Forty-one women with SUI were included in the study and scheduled for vaginal Er:YAG laser treatment. The procedure was performed with a 2940\u2009nm, Er:YAG laser (Fotona Smooth \u2122 XS, Fotona, Ljubljana, Slovenia), designed to heat up the vaginal mucosa to around 60\u00b0C. All subjects had a baseline and 6 months\u2019 posttreatment assessment that included perineal sonography and lower urinary tract symptoms.<jats:italic> Results<\/jats:italic>. Significant improvements in both urinary frequency and incontinence were found 6 months after Er:YAG laser treatment when compared to the baseline results (p&lt;0.001). The battery of questionnaires administered to patients, including the UDI-6, IIQ-7, OABSS, and POPDI-6, all showed significant improvement posttreatment (P &lt; 0.001). The treatment efficacy for the vaginal Er:YAG laser for SUI at 6 months posttreatment was 75.5% (31\/41). Bladder neck mobility by perineal ultrasonography decreased significantly (16.1 \u00b1 6.4\u2009mm to 10.5 \u00b1 4.6\u2009mm) after treatment (p=0.039). No permanent adverse events were found.<jats:italic> Conclusions<\/jats:italic>. 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