Table 1 Patients and pathologic characteristics.

From: Efficacy of a chitosan tampon in the loop electrosurgical excision procedure: A prospective randomized controlled study

Variables

Treatment group (n = 30)

Control group (n = 31)

p-Value

Age (years)

43.40 ± 10.27

46.06 ± 7.81

0.2576

Menopause status, n (%)

7 (23.3)

10 (32.3)

0.4408

LEEP histopathology

   ≤LSIL

4 (13.3)

5 (16.1)

0.7602

   ≥HSIL

226 (86.7)

22 (83.9)

 

Surgical specimen

   Size (cm2)

4.10 ± 1.36

4.63 ± 1.77

0.1940

   Depth (cm)

1.55 ± 1.17

1.76 ± 1.10

0.4707

  1. LEEP, loop electrosurgical excision procedure; LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial neoplasia; HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial neoplasia.
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