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Healing of cervical epithelium after laser treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Author(s) -
MAcLEAN ALLAN B.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04834.x
Subject(s) - cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , epithelium , carbon dioxide laser , medicine , incidence (geometry) , cervical cancer , pathology , oncology , laser , cancer , laser surgery , optics , physics
Summary. The recognition that only a minority of cervical premalignant lesions progress to invasion, and the increasing incidence of these lesions in young women, has led to a more conservative approach in the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. One such method uses the carbon dioxide laser but inadequate length of follow‐up has prevented a prediction of risk of recurrence. Observations made in this study on the speed of healing, source of new epithelium, maturation of the epithelium and the absence of herpes nucleic acid suggest that this risk is low.