Table 1.
The pathologic characteristics of specimens
| Patient | Margin status after first cone or LEEP |
Distance from invasive carcinoma to endocervical margin in the first cone or LEEP (mm) |
Distance from invasive carcinoma to ectocervical margin in the first cone or LEEP (mm) |
Residual invasive carcinoma in the second cone specimen |
Distance from prior biopsy site to endocervical margin in the second cone |
Distance from prior biopsy site to ectocervical margin in the second cone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Positive | - | - | No | 13 | 4 |
| 2 | Negative | 3 | 1.8 | No | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Negative | 1.5 | 1.5 | No | 12 | 9 |
| 4 | Positive | - | - | No | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| 5 | Negative | 3 | 2.2 | No | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Negative | 1 | 1 | No | 9 | 5 |
| 7 | Positive | - | - | No | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Negative | 3.5 | 2 | No | 7.5 | 2.2 |
| 9 | Negative | 0.5 | 4 | No | 7 | 7.5 |
| 10 | * | * | * | ** | ** | ** |
LEEP, loop electrosurgical excision procedure
*
the specimen was not available for the pathologic review
**
cervical conization was not done. We performed random cervical biopsies for this patient.