title: Why remove all cervical polyps and examine them histologically?
abstract: A retrospective analysis of 1366 cervical polyps showed that none had malignant features and 67% were removed from asymptomatic women. A policy removing only cervical polyps from symptomatic women or those with abnormal cervical cytology and limiting histological examination to these polyps would result in significant savings and reduce the small risk of morbidity associated with polypectomy.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. ian.mackenzie@obs-gyn.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: I Z
authors.initials: IZ
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Naish
authors.forename: C M P
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003127:Colposcopy / Q000191:economics; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011127:Polyps / Q000191:economics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*