Fertility and Miscarriage Incidence After Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Treatment by Thermal Ablation: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the impact of thermal ablation (TA) for the treatment of cervical dysplasia on fertility and pregnancy outcomes among women screened for cervical cancer in Cameroon.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Dschang health district, Cameroon.

Population

Participants aged 30-45 years from two screening trials conducted between 2015 and 2020 in Dschang District Hospital.

Methods

Participants were primarily screened for human papillomavirus infection, triaged by visual inspection and treated by TA if needed. Between October 2021 and March 2022, interviews on subsequent fertility were conducted with participants treated by TA and a control group of untreated women.

Main outcome measures

Pregnancy and miscarriage after screening/tr

SUBMITTER: Wisniak A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11625656 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature