Konstantinos S Kechagias, Ilkka Kalliala, Sarah J Bowden, Antonios Athanasiou, Maria Paraskevaidi, Evangelos Paraskevaidis, Joakim Dillner, Pekka Nieminen, Bjorn Strander, Peter Sasieni, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Maria Kyrgiou
OBJECTIVE: To explore the efficacy of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on the risk of HPV infection and recurrent diseases related to HPV infection in individuals undergoing local surgical treatment. DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis DATA SOURCES: PubMed (Medline), Scopus, Cochrane, Web of Science, and ClinicalTrials.gov were screened from inception to 31 March 2021. REVIEW METHODS: Studies reporting on the risk of HPV infection and recurrence of disease related to HPV infection after local surgical treatment of preinvasive genital disease in individuals who were vaccinated were included...
August 3, 2022: BMJ: British Medical Journal