Histometry of High-grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and LEEP Excision Margin in HIV-infected and Uninfected Women

摘要

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the size of the lesion correlates with the completeness of excision, and whether human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was a risk factor for incompleteness of excision. We investigated the size of high-grade cervical intraepithelial lesions of loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) specimens to assess its effect on the status of the excision margins. Because of the possible negative effect of HIV infection on the completeness of excision, we compared HIV-positive with HIV-negative cases.