Treatment of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia with the CO2 laser

From 1982 to 1987, 18 consecutive patients with vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia were treated with CO2 laser vaporization. Prior genital tract malignancy or premalignancy was seen in 72% of the patients. The area around the commisura posterior was involved in 94% of the cases, and the disease showed multifocal localization in 56%.