Status of follow up cytology in relation to high grade CIN in loop excision biopsies
| Complete excision | Incomplete excision | Equivocal excision | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade of CIN | Number of biopsies | Incidence of positive cytology | % Recovery | Number of biopsies | Incidence of positive cytology | % Recovery | Number of biopsies | Incidence of positive cytology | % Recovery |
| CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. | |||||||||
| CIN2 | 188 | 10 (5.3%) | 94.7 | 50 | 14 (28%) | 72 | 32 | 12 (37.5%) | 62.5 |
| CIN3 | 433 | 29 (6.7%) | 93.3 | 386 | 60 (15.5%) | 84.5 | 58 | 19 (32.8%) | 67.2 |
| CIN2 + CIN3 | 621 | 39 (6.3%) | 93.7 | 436 | 74 (17.0%) | 83 | 90 | 31 (34.4%) | 65.6 |