The care given to the patient by more than one physician at the same time. For example, a pulmonologist and a cardiologist both treating the patient for different conditions at the same time.
Leep Procedure - for abnormal pap (cervical dysplasia) In minutes, we can remove pre cancerous lesions from your cervix. The LEEP procedure replaces the traditional cone biopsy, shaving the abnormal tissues away. Over 90% of patients are cured in a single treatment. The loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) is used when you have pre cancerous cells on the surface of the cervix. This does not mean you have cancer, but treatment of the abnormal area is important to prevent the cells from progressing into invasive cervical cancer.
After cells or tissues are collected from the cervix during a Pap test or biopsy, a pathologist examines the sample to look for changes or abnormalities such as cancer. If there are no abnormal cells, the result is reported as normal, or negative. An abnormal Pap test means that there have been some changes to the cells lining the cervix. Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common cause of changes to cervical cells.