Medical Definition of Loop excision

1. A diagnostic and therapeutic gynecological surgical technique for removing dysplastic cells from the cervix. In this office procedure conducted with the aid of colposcopy, a small wire loop is used to excise visible patches of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Like cauterization, cryosurgery, and CO2 laser procedures, loop excision can be done with local anaesthetic, and is an uncomplicated, relatively inexpensive way of removing dysplastic cells; in addition, it provides material for biopsy. It is not advised for cases of severe dysplasia or carcinoma in situ, which are better addressed by cervical conization, an inpatient procedure. Synonym: loop resection. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loop Excision

loony
loony bin
loony bins
loony left
loony lefty
loony toons
loony tune
loony tunes
loony van
loop
loop-line
loop-the-loop
loop bioreactors
loop diuretic
loop electrocautery excision procedure
loop excision (current term)
loop gain
loop invariant
loop knot
loop of Henle
loop of henle
loop of hypoglossal nerve
loop quantum gravity
loop ratio
loop ratios
loop resection
loop the loop
loop topology
loop transfer function
loop transfer functions

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