Abstrakt: |
Four hundred twenty-six patients with colposcopically directed, biopsy-proved, mild, moderate, or marked dysplasia or carcinoma in situ of the cervix were treated with outpatient electrocauterization, from 1973 to mid- 1982. Of these, 413 were available for follow-up between 3 and 6 months. The initial cure rate was 85.95%, and the cure rate when a second treatment for initial failures was included was 96.6%. These patients have been followed for 1 to 5 years, and the annual follow-up rate has ranged from 65% to 80%. Recurrences were few, but did occur as late as 3 years after treatment. |