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Review
. 2025 May 28:26:100406.
doi: 10.1016/j.eurox.2025.100406. eCollection 2025 Jun.

Focused ultrasound treatment of cervical human papillomavirus infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions: A narrative review

Vincent Y T Cheung  1
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Focused ultrasound treatment of cervical human papillomavirus infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions: A narrative review

Vincent Y T Cheung. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol X. .

Abstract

Focused ultrasound (FUS) appears to be a promising form of thermal ablation for treatment of cervical lesions, but evidence supporting its use is limited. This review evaluated the efficacy and safety of FUS treatment of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL). The overall efficacy of FUS on HPV clearance was 75.0-85.7 % at 3 months, 35.5-77.1 % at 6 months and 64.7-94.1 % at 12 months. Its efficacy on low grade SIL and high grade SIL regression were 83.3-96.8 % and 70.9-96.6 % at 6 months, respectively. Complications were uncommon. FUS appears to be an effective and safe treatment modality for cervical HPV and SIL.

Keywords: Cervix; Focused ultrasound; Human papillomavirus; Squamous intraepithelial lesion.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this article

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The FUS treatment system (Model-CZF-300).
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The treatment transducer.
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