Research Article
Analysis on the Effect of Radiofrequency Ablation and Electrocautery in the Treatment of Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the patients.
| Characteristics | Study group (n = 50) | Control group (n = 50) | χ2/t value | value |
| Age n (%) | | | 0.807 | 0.421 | ≤45 | 23 (46.0) | 30 (60.0) | | | >45 | 27 (54.0) | 20 (40.0) | | | Mean age | 44.84 ± 12.65 | 42.92 ± 11.08 | | |
| VaIN diagnosis | | | 0.332 | 0.564 | VaIN I | 42 (84.0) | 44 (88.0) | | | VaIN II | 8 (16.0) | 6 (12.0) | | |
| HPV subtype | | | 1.275 | 0.529 | Negative | 11 (22.0) | 16 (32.0) | | | Single HPV16/18 | 10 (20.0) | 9 (18.0) | | | Other hrHPV | 29 (58.0) | 25 (50.0) | | |
| TCT results | | | 1.032 | 0.794 | NILM | 13 (26.0) | 15 (30.0) | | | ASCUS | 12 (24.0) | 15 (30.0) | | | LSIL | 20 (40.0) | 16 (32.0) | | | HSIL | 5 (10.0) | 4 (8.0) | | |
| Cervical lesion involvement | | | 0.371 | 0.831 | No | 20 (40.0) | 22 (44.0) | | | CIN I | 23 (46.0) | 20 (40.0) | | | CIN II | 7 (14.0) | 8 (16.0) | | |
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VaIN: vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia; HPV: human papillomavirus; TCT: thin-layer cytology; NILM: negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy; ASCUS: atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance; LSIL: low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; HSIL: high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; CIN: cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
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