Complications
The advantage of surgical removal is the rapid removal of warts; however, the potential for bleeding, scarring, and infection exists as with other surgeries.[72]
The most common type of cervical carcinoma associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) is squamous cell carcinoma, followed by adeno/adenosquamous and adenocarcinoma.
Genital HPV infections occur more frequently in HIV-positive individuals than in age-matched healthy controls. In addition, these infections are more likely to involve multiple HPV types, including oncogenic types.
Among HIV-infected patients, lesions tend to be diffuse, dysplastic, and subclinical more frequently than in the control population.
This is a common complication of ablative therapeutic modalities (i.e., cryotherapy, trichloroacetic acid, electrodessication, CO₂ laser ablation, surgical excision).[6]
Hypertrophic or depressed scars rarely occur after treatment.[6]
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