Follow up cytology status in relation to completeness / incompleteness of excision in loop excision biopsies
| Completeness of excision | Negative | Residual | Recurrent | Persistent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All grades of dyskaryosis are included as positive follow up cytology. CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. | ||||||||
| CIN I | ||||||||
| Completely excised | 179 | (87.3%) | 5 | (2.4%) | 16 | (7.8%) | 5 | (2.4%) |
| Incompleteley excised | 12 | (70.6%) | 2 | (11.8%) | 3 | (17.6%) | 0 | (–) |
| Equivocal | 31 | (73.8%) | 4 | (9.5%) | 4 | (9.5%) | 3 | (7.1%) |
| CIN II | ||||||||
| Completely excised | 178 | (93.2%) | 5 | (2.6%) | 4 | (2.1%) | 1 | (0.5%) |
| Incompleteley excised | 36 | (72%) | 4 | (8%) | 6 | (12%) | 4 | (8%) |
| Equivocal | 20 | (62.5%) | 6 | (18.8%) | 5 | (15.6%) | 1 | (3.1%) |
| CIN III | ||||||||
| Completely excised | 404 | (93.3%) | 3 | (0.7%) | 23 | (5.3%) | 3 | (0.7%) |
| Incompleteley excised | 326 | (84.5%) | 14 | (3.6%) | 33 | (8.5%) | 13 | (3.4%) |
| Equivocal | 39 | (67.2%) | 6 | (10.3%) | 7 | (12.1%) | 6 | (10.3%) |