"Top hat" versus conventional loop electrosurgical excision procedure in women with a type 3 transformation zone

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-62

  Kietpeerakool, Chumnan ^a   Suprasert, Prapaporn ^a   Khunamornpong, Surapan ^a   Sukpan, Kornkanok ^a   Settakorn, Jongkolnee ^a   Srisomboon, Jatupol ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Loop electrosurgical excision procedure; Margin involvement; Residual lesions; Top hat LEEP; Transformation zone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

EID: 77349102965     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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