A colposcopy is an office procedure that uses a special microscope ... These cases may require only close observation and repeat Pap smears every three to six months. Moderate to severe dysplasia, or ...

A LEEP may be done as a follow-up test if a colposcopy suggests that a person has moderate or severe dysplasia. Sometimes, it is done instead of a colposcopy, if the doctor believes the patient may ...

Eighty-six percent of those patients who had at least one Papanicolaou smear in the 18 months following colposcopy had no progression of dysplasia. Less than one-third of the patients in this ...