title: Vulvar procedures: biopsy, bartholin abscess treatment, and condyloma treatment.
abstract: Several benign, premalignant, and malignant lesions may arise on the vulva, and multiple types of procedures may be used to diagnose and treat these conditions. Punch and shave biopsies may be used to diagnose most vulvar conditions, but lesions suspected of being melanomas may best be diagnosed with narrow-margin excisional biopsies. Bartholin gland cysts and abscesses may be treated with several different treatment modalities, the most common of which are fistulization and marsupialization. Genital warts may be treated with several medical and surgical modalities to relieve symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 3209 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29203, USA.
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Mayeaux
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001472:Bartholin's Glands / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Bartholin fistulization; CO(2) laser; Marsupialization; Punch biopsy; Shave biopsy; Shave excision; Skin LEEP; Vulvar biopsy