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Cervical Cancer
LEEP treatment increases risk of preterm delivery in future pregnancies
February 17th, 2005
Women who undergo loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) for treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) have an increased risk delivering preterm and having low birth weight (LBW) infants, according to a study in the February 2005 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. LEEP is one method to treat CIN, a condition in which abnormal cells grow on the cervix that, if not treated or do not go away on their own, could lead to cervical cancer. LEEP is approximately a 10-minute outpatient procedure in which the cervix is numbed and a thin wire in the shape of a loop is used to remove a few thin layers of cells on the cervix. Other methods to treat CIN...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-17)
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