Number of fragments, margin status and thermal artifacts of conized specimens from LLETZ surgery to treat cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) is a nontraumatic cut and coagulation method with several advantages, but it induces thermal artifacts in the cut region. The aim here was to assess the correlations of age, number of fragments, lesion grade and degree of...
Main Authors: | Dulcimary Dias Bittencourt, Rita Maira Zanine, Ana Martins Sebastião, Nabiha Saadi Taha, Neila Góis Speck, Julisa Chamorro Lascasas Ribalta |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802012000200004&lng=en&tlng=en |
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