[Electrosurgical loop procedures in ambulatory gynecology]

Abstract

The article gives a survey of the new electrosurgical excision procedures that are gaining widespread use in office gynaecology in the nineties. A special emphasis is put on the easy learning procedures, relatively low cost of equipment and the results, which seem to match the results of cold-knife- and laser-conization. The advantages and pitfalls of the see-and-treat principle are discussed and the indications, other than cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, are mentioned.