Image | Statistics | Caption |
 |  | Preparation of sterile material before conization. |
 | | Preparation of the material before conization: antiseptic, acetic acid (5%), Lugol's iodine. Surgical material: forceps, cold knife, scissors, forceps (Pozzi), dilator (n°4 Hegar candle), needle holder, aseptic forceps, electric knife. |
 | | Disinfection of the area with iodine. |
 | | Preliminary urinary bladder catheterization. |
 | | Draping of the operating field. |
 | | Insertion of the speculum. |
 | | Anesthesia of the uterine cervix (1% adrenalinated xylocaine). |
 | | Uterine cervix before conization. |
 | | Uterine cervix after application of Lugol's iodine, before the conization. |
 | | Cold knife conization. Circular incision delineating the lesion. |
 | | Cone removal. |
 | | Uterine cervix after cold knife conization. Dilator(Hegar candle) in place in the endocervix. |
 | | Suture of the uterine cervix and realisation of the first Stumdorf stitch on the anterior lip of the uterine cervix. |
 | | Suture (Stumdorf stitch) of the anterior lip of the uterine cervix. |
 | | Suture (Stumdorf stitch) of the posterior lip of the uterine cervix. |
 | | Tying up the posterior suture (Stumdorf stitch). |
 | | Final appearance of the uterine cervix after tying up the two sutures (Stumdorf stitches) and before carrying out the corner stitch. |
 | | Cervix suture. |
 | | Final appearance of the uterine cervix. Permeable cervix with a dilator (n°4 Hegar candle). |
