Treatment of intraepithelial cervical neoplasia with REP Radiosurgical Excision Procedure)
Baldoni, A.; Toccaceli, S.; Gonnellini, S.; Gilardi, G.
Minerva Ginecologica 50(3): 65-71
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4784 PMID: 9595917 Document Number: 491055
Radiosurgical cervical excision has been performed in 59 patients affected by CIN of various stages. This non-traumatic method uses 3.8 MHz radio waves to cut and/or coagulate without postoperative pain and tissue destruction. The radiosurgical excision has been performed in local anesthesia by a loop electrode or microneedle according to the seat of the lesion. The therapy was "effective" in 98% of cases (58/59) whereas the "incomplete excision" of CIN was observed in 6.7% (4/59). Complications (postoperative and late bleeding) occurred in 3.2% of the patients (2/59). Therefore, the Radiosurgical Excision Procedure (REP) can be considered an easy technique in ambulatory surgery; this method is effective in the treatment of CIN with either therapeutic and economic advantages and guarantee the functional and anatomic integrity of the cervix.