title: Management and follow-up of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia treated by CO2 laser vaporization method.
abstract: Forty-four patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) II and 31 patients with CIN III were followed up for up to 6 months after cervical cone vaporization with carbon dioxide laser. In addition to colposcopy and pap smear, all patients underwent cervical biopsies as part of their follow-up. This protocol permitted a diagnosis of persistent disease in the presence of normal colposcopy and pap smear.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014626:Vaginal Smears