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Management of residual squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix after conization
C D White1, W L Cooper, R R Williams
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marietta Memorial Hospital, Ohio.
The West Virginia Medical Journal
|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
From January 1985 to October 1992, 158 conizations of the cervix were performed for squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) of the cervix. Thirty-one (20.4%) of these cases had disease extending to the margins of resection. The majority (60.7%) had spontaneous resolution of disease. Conservative follow-up aided by the body's own immune system may allow an even greater percentage to resolve spontaneously. Smoking presents an added factor for persistent as well as recurrent disease.