title: [Pregnancy and delivery outcomes after loop electrosurgical excision procedure of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) on pregnancy and delivery outcomes of patients with cervical epithelial neoplasia (CIN).
  
  
  METHODS
  The delivery data of 27 pregnant women who had LEEP from May 1995 to April 2002 were retrospectively collected and analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the 27 women was 30.3 years (range 23 approximately 40 years). Ten women underwent artificial abortion. One ectopic pregnancy and two spontaneous miscarriages occurred at 6 to 8 weeks of gestation. There were 14 term pregnancies, 9 of them via vaginal delivery and 5 via caesarean section. The birth weight of newborns ranged from 2905 to 4000 g. All of newborns had a high Apgar score. No asphyxia occurred.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  LEEP is a safe and effective treatment for patients with CIN. It will not increase the risk of pregnancy and delivery of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, China.
authors.forename: De-ying
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Ren-hai
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Dan-hua
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Jian-min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D023802:Cerclage, Cervical; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000601:surgery*