title: Treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia with electrocautery: report of 426 cases.
abstract: Four hundred twenty-six patients with colposcopically directed, biopsy-proved, mild, moderate, or marked dysplasia or carcinoma in situ of the cervix were treated with outpatient electrocauterization, from 1973 to mid- 1982. Of these, 413 were available for follow-up between 3 and 6 months. The initial cure rate was 85.95%, and the cure rate when a second treatment for initial failures was included was 96.6%. These patients have been followed for 1 to 5 years, and the annual follow-up rate has ranged from 65% to 80%. Recurrences were few, but did occur as late as 3 years after treatment.
mesh_terms: D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*