COLD-KNIFE CERVICAL CONIZATION

Authors
ALI A BASSAW B ROOPNARINESINGH S
Citation
A. Ali et al., COLD-KNIFE CERVICAL CONIZATION, West Indian Medical Journal, 42(4), 1993, pp. 149-151
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
West Indian Medical Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00433144
Volume
42
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
149 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-3144(1993)42:4<149:CCC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Forty-six cervical conizations were performed over a ten-year period f or diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Twenty-nine women were under 45 years of age. The most common reason for conization was an abnormal P apanicolaou smear. The overall incidence of neoplasia was 80.4 per cen t. The high complication rate of 28.4 per cent emphasizes the need for a less traumatic technique of excisional biopsy.