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.

CharacteristicsStudy group (n = 50)Control group (n = 50)χ2/t value value

Age n (%)0.8070.421
≤4523 (46.0)30 (60.0)
>4527 (54.0)20 (40.0)
Mean age44.84 ± 12.6542.92 ± 11.08

VaIN diagnosis0.3320.564
VaIN I42 (84.0)44 (88.0)
VaIN II8 (16.0)6 (12.0)

HPV subtype1.2750.529
Negative11 (22.0)16 (32.0)
Single HPV16/1810 (20.0)9 (18.0)
Other hrHPV29 (58.0)25 (50.0)

TCT results1.0320.794
NILM13 (26.0)15 (30.0)
ASCUS12 (24.0)15 (30.0)
LSIL20 (40.0)16 (32.0)
HSIL5 (10.0)4 (8.0)

Cervical lesion involvement0.3710.831
No20 (40.0)22 (44.0)
CIN I23 (46.0)20 (40.0)
CIN II7 (14.0)8 (16.0)

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.