Needle versus loop diathermy excision of the transformation zone for the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: A randomised controlled trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 748-753

  Panoskaltsis, Theo ^a   Ind, Thomas Edward James ^a   Perryman, Karen ^a   Dina, Roberto ^a   Abrahams, Yusuf ^b   Soutter, W Patrick ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 3042742818     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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