title: [Carbon dioxide laser vaporization of genital condyloma in pregnancy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate therapeutic effectiveness of the carbon dioxide laser on genital condyloma in pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  From 1998 to 2002, 18 pregnant women with genital condyloma were treated with laser vaporization. Treatment was given without regard to the gestational period. All the women were treated at least once. Condyloma localisation, treatment gestational age and complication rate were analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients were treated at a gestational age of 15-38 weeks. During pregnancy follow-up, 2 patients had recurrences that required repeated treatment before delivery. In each case, no condylomas were found during delivery. There were no abortions, no premature birth and no complications (bleeding, infections) in our study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laser vaporisation is a safe and effective treatment for condyloma during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, centre hospitalier, 14, rue de Mulhouse, BP 499, 90016 Belfort cedex, France. Belmatern@aol.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Terzibachian
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gabelle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reviron
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramanah
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mougin
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide