title: Are the immediate complications of conisation with the large loop similar to those with the knife?
abstract: One hundred patients underwent conisation with large loop excision of the transformation zone. The overall immediate complication rate was 6%. There were no preoperative complications. Three patients were treated with antibiotics for infection and three patients had a secondary haemorrhage. No patient required a blood transfusion or cervical suturing and no patient returned to the operating theatre.
authors.affiliation: Coombe Women's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cotter
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gardeil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Turner