How is a vulvar growth biopsy performed?

If a woman has growths on her vulva, she should be alert to the possibility of vulvar tumor, which is a very serious disease. However, patients should not make blind judgments and need to go to a large hospital for a detailed diagnosis. The current main diagnostic method is a vulvar growth biopsy, which is one of many biopsy operations. Many things should be paid attention to during this operation. The following is the operation method of a vulvar growth biopsy.

How to perform a vulvar growth biopsy?

Speaking of vulvar biopsy, I believe many people are not very familiar with it. When a woman's vulva is affected by vulvar leukoplakia, a vulvar biopsy is needed. Vulvar leukoplakia is a relatively stubborn disease and is also a relatively difficult disease to treat. There are many reasons for the occurrence of vulvar leukoplakia, which may be due to genetics or endocrine disorders. No matter what the cause is, timely treatment is required after suffering from vulvar leukoplakia. So how to do a vulvar biopsy?

How to do a vulvar biopsy?

Vulvar biopsy requires taking the lithotomy position of the patient's body. Of course, routine vulva disinfection is required, and a sterile drape will be placed on the vulva. 0.5% lidocaine will be used to give the patient local anesthesia at the sampling site. Small growths can be cut off from the pedicle or removed with biopsy forceps. The patient's local area will have compression to stop bleeding. If the area of ​​the lesion is relatively large, partial resection will be performed. The specimen will be placed in a 10% tetraaldehyde solution for fixation and sent for examination.

This method is very applicable to patients with vulvar hypopigmentation and patients who have ruled out malignant changes. If there are growths in the vulva, or patients with ulcers that cannot be cured after long-term treatment, it is necessary to diagnose and rule out malignant changes. Of course, it is also very applicable to patients with specific infections in the vulva, such as genital warts or tuberculosis.

When doing a vulvar biopsy, the patient will be given local anesthesia, so the patient generally will not feel pain during the procedure, so the patient should not be too anxious.

How to do a vulvar biopsy? The procedure of vulvar biopsy is very simple. Not every patient needs to have a vulvar biopsy, but it is very suitable for patients with certain diseases. The above content has introduced in detail the suitable patients and the relevant content of vulvar biopsy. I hope it can help everyone.