Numerous surgical methods for amputation and partial excision of cervical tissue are used to treat the cervix. Which method will be applied depends on the diagnosis, the area of pathology, the results of the research and other indicators that the doctor evaluates and decides on the expediency of this or that operation.
If a woman has a pathology of external epithelial tissues of the cervix, complicated by deformity and hypertrophy, diathermoconization may be recommended.
Diathermoconization of the cervix is a conical removal of a part of the cervix by electrosurgery. Pathological tissue is excised in the form of a cone, directed narrowly towards the inner cervical throat.
Indications for the operation of diathermoelectroconization of the cervix
Carrying out diathermoconization in the cervical procedure is effective in the following cases:
- the presence of cervical deformities, including with the eversion of the mucous cervical canal;
- hypertrophied cervix with signs of dysplasia of 2 and 3 degrees.
Diathermokonization procedure
The operation is usually prescribed for the period between the 6th and 8th day of the menstrual cycle. The procedure is under general anesthesia, as it is quite painful. With the help of an electrode with a cutting wire, a circular incision is made with a depth of up to 15 mm and a width equal to that of the lesion. The conical section of the neck is extracted from the wound and sent for analysis to the laboratory.
Consequences of diathermoconization of the cervix
This procedure usually goes without complications, because during her cervical tissues are cauterized, which excludes bleeding. For early healing, it is possible to treat the wound with a solution of potassium permanganate, and after the end of excretions insert suppositories or tampons based on sea-buckthorn oil, dogrose.
In rare cases, complications are possible in the form of disorders of the cycle, inflammation, bleeding. Of more serious consequences, one can call endometriosis and obstruction of the cervical canal.
Successfully conducted diathermoconization of the cervix then does not affect pregnancy, since 97% of women have complete healing and restoration of damaged tissues.