title: The patient with refractory genital warts in the STD-clinic. Treatment failure with CO2-laser.
abstract: Sixty two patients with refractory genital warts attending a VD-clinic were treated with CO2-laser. Residual warts or new wart formation was observed in 45 of them (72%), two weeks after operation, resulting in an immediate cure rate of 27%. The cure rate obtained was independent of location, duration, and previous treatment of warts. Reoperation with CO2-laser was performed in 12 patients, and all had remaining lesions two weeks after operation. It is concluded that a single CO2-laser treatment often is an insufficient procedure for eradication of disseminated refractory genital warts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermato-venereology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide