Table 5

Frequency of use of office therapies (procedures) for genital warts


New genital warts (n = 428)
Recurrent genital warts (n = 92)
Resistant genital warts (n = 36)




Procedure
%
Mean (SD)
%
Mean (SD)
%
Mean (SD)

None
38.3

50.0

44.4

Condylox/Phodophylotoxin Iocal/Podophlin solution
5.1
1.2 (0.6)
12.0
1.7 (1.2)
25.0
2.0 (0.5)
Cryotherapy
7.2
2.7 (2.2)
13.0
2.3 (1.4)
33.3
3.2 (3.0)
Curettage
5.1
1.2 (0.5)
9.8
1.8 (1.1)
13.9
1.6 (0.9)
Electrosurgery
19.2
1.3 (1.1)
31.5
1.7 (1.1)
22.2
2.0 (1.4)
Excision
1.4
1.0 (0.0)
5.4
1.0 (0.0)
2.8
1.0 (0.0)
Laser therapy
14.0
1.0 (0.1)
15.2
1.3 (0.5)
25.0
1.2 (0.4)
Radiation therapy
0.0
-
1.1
6.0 (0.0)
2.8
6.0 (0.0)
Solcoderman
2.8
1.3 (0.6)
1.1
4.0 (0.0)
2.8
4.0 (0.0)
Surgery
0.0
-
1.1
1.0 (0.0)
5.6
2.0 (1.4)
Trichloroacetic acid
8.2
2.9 (2.1)
9.8
2.1 (1.5)
13.9
3.2 (2.1)
Other (not specified)
1.2
1.8 (1.3)
1.1
1.0 (0.0)
2.8
3.0 (0.0)

Hillemanns et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:76   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-76