Should attention be paid to the cone depth in the fully visible transformation zone? Retrospective analysis of 517 patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3.
Luca GiannellaGiovanni Delli CarpiniJacopo Di GiuseppeBarbara GardellaGiorgio BoganiErmelinda MontiCarlo Antonio LiveraniElena RoncellaFrancesco RaspagliesiArsenio SpinilloPaolo VercelliniAndrea CiavattiniPublished in: International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (2022)
In women with high-grade CIN and fully visible TZ undergoing conization, the lesion extension and the TZ subtype (1 or 2) should be considered. A no less than 9-mm cone depth provided a fair predictive value in achieving free EM.