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The purpose of a cold knife cone biopsy is to diagnose and treat precancerous changes in the cervix. Your physician may recommend this treatment if your pap test or colposcopy results come back showing severe dysplasia. This procedure is usually done under general anesthesia in an outpatient setting. During this procedure, a small cone-shaped sample of tissue is removed from the cervix and sent to the lab for analysis. If the surgical margins are free of disease, you may not require any additional treatment. Following the procedure, you may experience vaginal discharge and/or bleeding while the cervix heals.
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