Treatment of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia with CO(2) laser vaporization and excision surgery.

Objective: To evaluate the recurrence rate after a single treatment of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) with CO(2) laser vaporization.

Materials And Methods: Fifty women with usual-type or differentiated VIN (grades 2 and 3) treated with CO(2) laser vaporization or surgery excision (cold knife or CO(2) laser) were retrospectively evaluated.

Results: Of the 50 patients, 41 (82.