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Table 7 Follow-up results of patients before and after menopause

From: The effectiveness of cold-knife conization (CKC) for post-menopausal women with cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion: a retrospective study

 

Post-menopausal patients (n = 120)

Pre-menopausal patients (n = 240)

χ2

P-value

Follow-up, n (%)

104 (86.67%)

213 (88.75%)

0.330

0.566

TCT abnormal, n

17

33

  

 ASCUS

12

22

  

 ASC-H

2

2

  

 LSIL

1

7

  

 HSIL

1

2

  

 AGC

1

0

  

Pathology, n

14

25

  

 LSIL

2

5

  

 HSIL

4

5

  

 VaIN

1 (VaINI)

2 (VaINII-III)

  

 Normal

7

13

  

Recurrence, n (%)

4 (3.85%)

5 (2.34%)

0.569

0.451

Positive margin of recurrencec, n

0

1

  

Negative margin of recurrencec, n

4

4

  
  1. cmargin status after primary CKC
  2. AGC atypical glandular cells, ASCUS atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance, ASC-H atypical squamous cell-cannot exclude HIS, HSIL high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, LSIL low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, NILM negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy, SCC squamous cell carcinoma, Undone no ThinPrep cytologic test