REGENERATION OF CERVICAL EPITHELIUM AFTER LASER VAPORIZATION

  • 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 62  (6) , 700-706
Abstract
The process of re-epithelialization after laser vaporization of normal cervical squamous epithelium was examined using light microscopy and EM. Tissue specimens were obtained from 7 patients at time intervals ranging from 7-16 days after laser vaporization. Immature squamous epithelium appeared at the edge of the laser crater between 7 and 14 days, and by 14-16 days, the immature epithelium covered the entire crater area. The healing process of squamous epithelium, whereby immature cells from the surrounding undamaged epithelium migrate into the damaged area, eventually differentiating into a full thickness of epithelium is discussed.