LEEP stands for loop electrosurgical excision procedure. It’s used to remove abnormal cells from your cervix. To do this, your doctor uses a small wire loop. The tool is charged with an electrical ...

LEEP stands for “loop electrosurgical excision procedure.” It’s named for the tool the doctor uses and how the tool works. It has a wire loop on the end. An electric current heats the wire loop so ...

A LEEP is highly effective at removing precancerous cells and preventing cervical cancer. Often, a person will not go on to develop cervical cancer following the procedure. A doctor may use a loop ...

PHOENIX (CBS 5) -- At 25 years old, Kate Orson was in a new relationship and excited about her partner. Three months into their relationship, she had a procedure to remove abnormal cells from her ...

When you know, you know. But after her doctor recommended Alex get what is called a LEEP procedure—which is done in an attempt to remove abnormal tissue from the cervix—she decided to share the ...

April 29, 2003 (New Orleans) — An investigational noncontact spectroscopic device may take much of the guesswork out of "look and LEEP" procedures for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), ...

LEEP stands for loop electrosurgical excision procedure. Doctors perform them to detect or treat cervical cancer. During a LEEP, an electrical current passes through a loop of wire. A doctor uses the ...