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loop excision,

the surgical removal of dysplastic tissue cells with a small wire loop. The technique is used in gynecologic diagnosis and therapy to remove intraepithelial neoplasms from the uterine cervix. Also called loop electrical excision procedure.

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electrosurgical loop excision loop			56) Hysterectomy and cone biopsy are the usual treatment modalities for pre-cancerous lesions, as the equipment and expertise for large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ), also known as loop electrosurgical excision (LEEP), are scarce. Cervical cancer: the sub-Saharan African perspective by Anorlu, Rose I. / Reproductive Health Matters She said: "After I got the results from my test, I needed to go to colposcopy for loop excision - where they burn the bad cells away. I didn't think smear tests could stop cancer... until one saved my ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ): a new method of management for women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Significance of margin and extent of dysplasia in loop electrosurgery ... by Tyler, Lisa N.; Andrews, Nancy; Parrish, Rudolph S.; Hazlett, Linda J.; Korourian, Soheila / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine			longitudinal fissure of cerebrum longitudinal fracture longitudinal lie longitudinal ligament longitudinal luo longitudinal muscle longitudinal pontine bundle longitudinal presentation longitudinal raphe of tongue longitudinal sound waves longitudinal studies longitudinal study longitudinalis longus longus capitis longus colli longwool-type Loniten loogbos look-back program loop loop colostomy loop diuretic Loop electrosurgical excision Loop electrosurgical excision procedure loop excision loop extrasurgical excision procedure loop of Henle loop of spinal nerves loop twitch loop, vertical loop-o-gram loose loose anagen hair syndrome loose body loose connective tissue loose fibrous tissue loose housing loose premaxilla loose-box loose-jointed loose-pack joint position looseness of association loosening loosening of association loosening of associations Looser's zones LOP lop ears Lop-eared Alpine lope			loop control Loop Control Architecture Loop Control Variable loop coupling Loop Crossover Assembly Loop Current Eddy loop d loop d loop d Loop Detection Buffer Loop Diagnostic Unit loop dialing Loop Dipole Capacitor Loop Disconnect loop diuretic loop diuretic loop diuretic Loop diuretic bumetanide Loop diuretics Loop diuretics Loop electrical excision procedure Loop electrical excision procedure loop electrocautery excision procedure Loop electrosurgical excision Loop electrosurgical excision procedure Loop electrosurgical excision procedure Loop Emulation Service Loop Encryption Device Loop Engineering Assignment Data Loop Engineering Information System loop excision Loop Excision of the Transformation Zone Loop Expert Systems loop extrasurgical excision procedure Loop Facility Assignment Control System Loop Filter Loop Filter loop flow Loop fusion loop gain loop gain Loop Group Multiplexer Loop Head Loop heat pipe Loop index Loop Initialization Loop Position Loop Initialization Primitive Loop Initialization Report Position Loop Initialization Select Master Loop Interface Protocol Loop Invariant Code Motion Loop It Or Lose It Loop Key Generator loop knot loop lake Loop line Loop line Loop line Loop line loop lines loop lines

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