Reference

Patients

Design

Clearance

Recurrence

Ferenczy et al, 1995 ³⁷

208

Randomized control

When treated with electrosurgery versus CO2 laser a complete clearance of warts after a single 51% versus 38% and multiple 75% versus 64%

Duus et al, 1985³⁹

43

Randomized control

No difference seen in patients treated with CO2 laser versus surgical excision

No difference

Petersen et al, 1991 ⁴⁰

49

Randomized control

A higher cure rate 52% was found in patients given interferon and laser therapy versus 22% among patients treated with laser and placebo

Carrozza et al, 2002 ⁴²

19HIV+

45HIV -

Retrospective study

Showed a cure rate in both 58% of HIV positive and 71% of HIV negative patients.

Anal location is a risk factor for recurrence