Editing Colposcopy (section)

== Complications ==
Significant complications from a colposcopy are not common but may include bleeding, infection at the biopsy site or [[endometrium]], and failure to identify the lesion.  [[Monsel's solution]] and [[silver nitrate]] interfere with the interpretation of biopsy specimens, so these substances are not applied until all biopsies have been taken. Some patients experience a degree of discomfort during the curettage, and many experience discomfort during the biopsy.{{cn|date=February 2020}}

Colposcopy with biopsy does not cause [[female infertility|infertility]] or subfertility.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Spracklen | first1 = C. N. | last2 = Harland | first2 = K. K. | last3 = Stegmann | first3 = B. J. | last4 = Saftlas | first4 = A. F. | title = Cervical surgery for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and prolonged time to conception of a live birth: A case-control study | doi = 10.1111/1471-0528.12209 | journal = BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology | volume = 120 | issue = 8 | pages = 960–965 | year = 2013 | pmid = 23489374 | pmc =3691952 }}</ref>