[Combined treatment of retrocervical, cervical and vaginal endometriosis using CO2 laser, cryosurgery and electrocoagulation]

Adamian Lv, L V Adamian, Kulakov Vi, V. I. Kulakov
Akusherstvo i ginekologiia · 1990 · pp. 54–8 · PMID:2122759 · W116010899
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Combined CO2 laser, cryosurgery, and electrocoagulation with conventional surgery for endometriosis reduced complaints and relapses, with CO2 laser showing highest efficacy.

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Clinical data and results of combined treatment have been analyzed in 163 patients with common types of endometriosis: retrocervical in 116, cervical in 43 and vaginal in 5 patients. Growth of retrocervical endometriosis into the vaginal wall with cyst formation was seen in 21 patients. Conventional surgical procedures were adjuncted by physical treatments of endometriosis foci or beds in 116 of 163 patients: electrocoagulation (n = 44), cryodestruction (n = 43), focal vaporization with a CO2 laser (n = 29). Only surgical methods with subsequent hormonal therapy were used in 47 patients who made a control group. The results showed that the additional cryo-, electro- and laser surgery considerably reduced the incidence of complaints and relapses. CO2 laser treatment had a significantly higher efficacy.

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endometriosis

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Cryosurgery Cryosurgery Electrosurgery Electrosurgery Laser Therapy Laser Therapy Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Uterine Neoplasms Vaginal Neoplasms Adult Adult Carbon Dioxide Carbon Dioxide Combined Modality Therapy Combined Modality Therapy Female Female Humans Humans Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

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