title: Treatment of Bartholin gland cyst with CO2laser.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the results of treatment with CO2 laser for Bartholin gland cysts.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-one women with Bartholin gland cysts were treated with CO2laser at an outpatient´s setting. Skin incision was performed with focused laser beam, the capsule was opened to drain mucoid content, followed by internal vaporization of impaired capsule.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no complications. Five patients had recurrence of the cyst and were submitted to a second and successful session.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CO2 laser surgery was effective to treat Bartholin gland cysts with minimal or no complications, and can be performed at an outpatient´s setting.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Neila Maria de Góis
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Speck
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Karol Pereira Ruela
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Boechat
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Georgia Mouzinho Lima Dos
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Julisa Chamorro Lascasas
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ribalta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D001472:Bartholin's Glands / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054020:Lasers, Gas / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult