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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Jun 16;(6):CD001318. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001318.pub2
Methods RCT
Participants 105 women with CIN 1,2,3
Adquate colposcopy, no suspicion of invasion
Interventions Laser ablation
Cryotherapy
Outcomes Peri-operative pain
Peri-operative bleeding
Residual disease at 3-18 months
Notes Laser performed ablating the transformation zone to a depth of 6-7mm
Cryocoagulation (double freeze thaw freeze technique) using a probe (18mm)
2 women in cryotherapy group, 2 women in laser group lost to follow up
Risk of bias
Item Authors’ judgement Description
Adequate sequence generation? Unclear Not reported
Allocation concealment? Unclear Not reported
Blinding?
All outcomes
Unclear Not reported
Incomplete outcome data addressed?
All outcomes
Yes % of women analysed: 101/105 (96%)
“One patient in the cryotherapy group was lost to follow up … an additional patient treated with cryotherapy and two treated with laser … are excluded”
Free of selective reporting? Unclear Insufficient information to permit judgement
Free of other bias? Unclear Insufficient information to assess whether an important risk of bias exists