The efficacy of electrocoagulation diathermy performed under local anaesthesia for the eradication of precancerous lesions of the cervix.
This study demonstrates the feasibility of performing electrocoagulation diathermy with intracervical infiltration of local anaesthetic for precancerous lesions of the cervix. A technique suitable for office procedure without need of any supplementary analgesia is described; 200 patients were treated in this fashion with results indicating the ability to obtain high primary cure rates with low morbidity similar to those previously obtained with general anaesthesia.
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Dysplasia and Colposcopy Clinic, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000601:surgery*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*