Authors Study type Setting Population Number Findings Laparoscopic sterilization Intaraprasert et al. (1996) [22 ] Retrospective Thailand, university hospital HIV-positive women undergoing laparoscopic sterilization 18 No immediate or subsequent surgical complications LEEP Kietpeerakool et al. (2009) [26 ] Prospective Thailand, university hospital HIV-positive and -negative women undergoing LEEP 789 HIV infection was not significantly associated with LEEP complications (OR, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.15–1.15) Kietpeerakool et al. (2006) [25 ] Prospective Thailand, university hospital Women with abnormal cervical cytology undergoing LEEP 206 HIV was not an independent risk factor for LEEP complications (
) Kietpeerakool et al. (2006) [24 ] Retrospective Thailand, university hospital HIV-positive and -negative women undergoing LEEP for CIN 120 HIV was not significantly associated with LEEP complications (
) Pfaendler et al. (2008) [27 ] Prospective Zambia, primary care clinics and tertiary hospital Women in a screen and treat cervical cancer prevention program undergoing LEEP 748 Number of women experiencing complications was not large enough to compare significant differences in complications based on HIV-status; complication rates were low in both groups Sutthichon and Kietpeerakool (2009) [28 ] Retrospective Thailand, university hospital Women undergoing their first LEEP 857 HIV status was not a significant predictor of perioperative complications Woo et al. (2011) [23 ] Prospective Kenya, clinics HIV-positive women who returned for a 4-week followup after LEEP 180 No participants reported severe symptoms; 1% (
) reported moderate symptoms; 99% (
) reported very mild to mild symptoms
