Outpatient loop electrosurgical excision procedure for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: Can it replace cold knife conization?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 729-732

  Eduardo, Ana M ^a   Dinh, Tung V ^a   Hannigan, Edward V ^a   Yandell, Roger B ^a   Schnadig, Vicki J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; loop electrosurgical excision procedure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVIX UTERI; CONIZATION; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029911374     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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