"See-and-treat" loop electrosurgical excision: Has the time come for a reassessment?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 569-574

  Irvin Jr , William P ^a   Andersen, Willie A ^a   Taylor Jr , Peyton T ^a   Stoler, Mark H ^a   Rice, Laurel W ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix diseases; Cervix neoplasms; Papanicolaou smear; See and treat loop electrical excision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROSURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GYNECOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COLPOSCOPY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VIRGINIA; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036325831     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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