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However, the comparative long-term effectiveness of these procedures in promoting human papillomavirus (HPV) clearance and preventing recurrent cervical lesions remains uncertain.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To compare the long-term incidence of HPV clearance and recurrence of cervical lesions after CKC or LEEP.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n This cohort study comprised 2 cohorts: a nationwide cohort from Sweden (cohort 1) and a multicenter hospital-based cohort from Fujian Province, China (cohort 2). The study dates were January 1, 1997, to December 31, 2013, for cohort 1 and from October 1, 2013, to October 1, 2022, for cohort 2. A target trial emulation framework was applied to evaluate the effectiveness of CKC vs LEEP, using inverse probability of censoring weighting to balance baseline covariates and address censoring. Women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia or carcinoma in situ were included. 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In cohort 2, 65 of 3710 (1.8%) women who were treated with LEEP had recurrent cervical lesions compared with 11 (0.8%) recurrent cervical lesions among the 1340 women who were treated with CKC after 9 years of follow-up. In the hypothetical target trial, women who underwent CKC had a significantly lower risk of recurrence compared with those who underwent LEEP, with HR of 0.67 (95% CI, 0.65-0.68) in cohort 1 and 0.41 (95% CI, 0.21-0.79) in cohort 2. 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