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Table 3 Second (12-month) follow-up data

From: Defining the short-term disease recurrence after loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP)

Characteristic

Frequency (%)

Second follow-up cytology

 Negative

178 (80.5%)

 ASCUS/LSIL

15 (6.8%)

 ASC-H/HSIL

6 (2.7%)

 Indeterminate

22 (9.9%)

Second follow-up biopsy

 Negative

8 (3.6%)

 CIN 1/LSIL

5 (2.3%)

 CIN2–3/HSIL

2 (0.9%)

 Not done

206 (93.2%)

Second follow-up ECC

 Negative

158 (71.5%)

 LSIL

11 (5.0%)

 HSIL

6 (2.7%)

 Indeterminate

13 (5.9%)

 Not done

33 (14.9%)

Second follow-up impression

 Negative

180 (81.5%)

 LSIL

11 (5.0%)

 HSIL

2 (0.9%)

 Not documented

28 (12.7%)

Second follow-up outcome

 Repeat colpo

28 (12.7%)

 HSIL/repeat LEEP

7 (3.2%)

 No disease, discharge from colpo

186 (84.2%)

Further visits

 None – Pt discharged

190 (86.0%)

 Observation – no treatment to date

23 (10.4%)

 Further treatment for HSIL

7 (3.2%)

 Further treatment for persistent LSIL

1 (0.5%)