Conclusion
The immunotherapy of condyloma acuminatum offers a high success rate. Specific indications for immunotherapy are: 1) extensive anal and perianal condyloma acuminatum; 2) resistance to other conventional methods of therapy; 3) recurrence following other forms of treatment.
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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, San Francisco, California, May 4 to 8, 1975. This paper won the New York Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons award.
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Abcarian, H., Smith, D. & Sharon, N. The immunotherapy of anal condyloma acuminatum. Dis Colon Rectum 19, 237–244 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590909
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