title: Cold-knife cervical conization.
abstract: Forty-six cervical conizations were performed over a ten-year period for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Twenty-nine women were under 45 years of age. The most common reason for conization was an abnormal Papanicolaou smear. The overall incidence of neoplasia was 80.4 per cent. The high complication rate of 28.4 per cent emphasizes the need for a less traumatic technique of excisional biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, U.W.I., Trinidad.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bassaw
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roopnarinesingh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*