Test of cure and beyond: superiority of thermal ablation over LLETZ in the treatment of high-grade CIN

• Published in: Archives of gynecology and obstetrics Vol. 306; no. 5; pp. 1815 - 1820
• Main Authors: Armstrong, G. M., Ragupathy, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ablation; Cellular biology; Cervical cancer; DNA methylation; Endocrinology; Gynecology; Histology; Human Genetics; Human papillomavirus; Medical screening; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mortality; Obstetrics; Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery; Original; Original Article; Patients; Software; Virology; Womens health; Thermal ablation; LLETZ; CIN; Colposcopy

Purpose Among the treatment modalities for high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), large-loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) is the commonest offered in the UK, whereas thermal ablation (TA) has not been common in several decades, despite several notable advantages. TA and...