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CO 2 laser vaporization for chronic cervicitis
Author(s) -
Rubinstein Eli
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
lasers in surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1096-9101
pISSN - 0196-8092
DOI - 10.1002/lsm.1900050604
Subject(s) - colposcopy , cervicitis , medicine , edema , infertility , epithelium , dermatology , gynecology , gastroenterology , pathology , pregnancy , cervical cancer , biology , cancer , genetics
Abstract Chronic cervicitis is the most common disease occurring during the period of greatest sexual activity and reproductivity, and it is the most common gynecologic disease in young women. The disease is a common sequel to normal delivery and one of the main causes of infertility; it also may be precancerous. All the treated women in the present study exhibited preoperatively severe subjective symptoms for chronic cervicitis, and 32 out of 60 (53%) exhibited colposcopically atypical squamous epithelium. The women were examined 3, 6, and 12 months following laser surgery: 58 (97%) of them reported a decreasing intensity of their symptoms, and colposcopy revealed a normal postlaser transfor‐ mation zone as well as a decreasing edema of cervical epithelium.