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Loop electrosurgical excision procedure: safety and tolerability among human immunodeficiency virus-positive Kenyan women.

Obstet Gynecol

September 2011

From the University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California; the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; and the Center for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.

Objectives: To estimate the safety, tolerability, and acceptability of loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN 2 or 3) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive women performed by nonphysician health care providers in an HIV care and treatment clinic.

Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study among women undergoing LEEP for biopsy-confirmed CIN 2 or 3 at the Family Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Care and Education Services Clinic in Kisumu, Kenya. Women were followed-up 4 weeks after the procedure and questioned for abstinence as well as presence and severity of side effects after the procedure.

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