[Cervical cryosurgery: thousand cases report]

Abstract

Background: Treatments for cervical lesions through the years have been varied, from cauterization with chemicals, to the use of electrosurgery with diathermic loop, however the method to be chosen should be one that offers greater benefits and lower risks.

Objective: Present a well structured study protocol in patients presenting with cervical disease and offer treatment cryotherapy as ablative method of choice in this group of patients and returning this widely known process, but nevertheless had been relegated.

Material and method: By an analytical and descriptive retrospective study and treatment of one thousand patients with cervical pathology in the course of 20 years, in which in addition to the drug treatment of individual patients, treatment was performed as ablative cryosurgery cervical is reported, having obtained very good results.

Results: With ablative treatment indicated the problem of all' patients resolved, having had a very satisfactory in the short, medium and long term, have had no significant morbidity, thus fulfilling the stated objective.

Conclusion: Research carried out shows that the surgical procedure performed in carefully selected patients with cervical pathology coursing was appropriate because the results thus demonstrated.