Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12480 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Article Type: Clinical Article CLINICAL ARTICLE The value of endocervical curettage during loop electrosurgical excision procedures in predicting persistent/recurrent preinvasive cervical disease Mauricio A. Cuello * , María E. Espinosa, Elisa J. Orlandini, Du Y. Hwang Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile * Correspondence Mauricio A. Cuello Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Avenida Bernardo O´Higgins 340, Santiago, 8331150, Chile E-mail: macuello@med.puc.cl Abstract Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of endocervical curettage (ECC) during loop electrosurgical excision procedures (LEEPs) in predicting the risk of persistence/recurrence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or higher (CIN2+) and informing clinical decision-making after LEEP.