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

ABSTRACT: It has been reported that chitosan has a hemostatic effect and an antibiotic activity. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of using a chitosan tampon (Hemoblock-Tampon) in preventing hemorrhage and enhancing wound healing after the loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP).This single-blind, prospective, randomized study included 62 consecutive patients who underwent LEEP for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. A chitosan tampon (31 patients; treatment group), or a general tampon (31 patients; control group) was applied to the uterine cervix immediately after LEEP. One patient in the treatment group declined to participate in this study. Thus, 30 patients in the treatment group and 31 patients in the control group completed this study. For objective analysis of h

SUBMITTER: Chong GO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7138841 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature