Large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ). A new method of management for women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

PRENDIVILLE, WALTER; CULLIMORE, JOHN; NORMAN, SUE

doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1989.tb03380.x

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Large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ). A new method of management for women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

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Authors:

WALTER PRENDIVILLE

JOHN CULLIMORE

SUE NORMAN

Abstract

Summary. The paper describes the technique of ‘LLETZ’ (large loop excision of the transformation zone), a new method of management for women with an abnormal cervical smear which offers the advantages of conization with those of local destruction. A large loop of thin wire forms a diathermy electrod...

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