title: Combination of surgical excision and carbon dioxide laser vaporization for multifocal vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia.
abstract: Ten patients with multifocal grade 3 vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia were treated by a combination of surgical excision and carbon dioxide laser vaporization of selected areas. The lesions treated by the laser were either on the clitoris or distal to the vulva. These areas could be functionally and anatomically deformed if surgically excised. Combining the carbon dioxide laser with surgery, however, resulted in a satisfactory cosmetic outcome and provided an adequate specimen for histopathologic diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bornstein
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D014844:Vulva / Q000601:surgery; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*