So You Got An Abnormal Pap. Now What?
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Julia Austin
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What is the further treatment?
If the doctor deems it necessary, she will either recommend LEEP (loop electrosurgical excision procedure) or Cryotherapy. With LEEP, problematic cells are surgically removed. In Cryotherapy, they are frozen off. Which one will your doctor recommend, if necessary? “That depends on the doctor and what the patient wants,” says Dr. Johnson. But she says that she prefers LEEPs because that tissue that’s collected will go to a pathologist and they can tell her if she got all the abnormal cells. “With Cryotherapy, you’re not sure if you penetrated deep enough to get all the abnormal cells.”
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