A comparison of cervical smear adequacy using either the cytobrush or the Ayre spatula: a practice audit
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Papanicolaou smear adequacy: the cervical cytobrush and Ayre spatula compared with the extended-tip spatula.
Papanicolaou smears have false-negative rates of 6 percent to 56 percent that are due, in large part, to inadequate sampling of endocervical cells. A randomized, prospective trial was conducted comparing the adequacy of Papanicolaou smears obtained with the cytobrush and Ayre spatula with smears obtained with the extended-tip spatula, as measured by the presence of endocervical cells. One hundr...
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background: cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women in the world. papanicolaou smear is known as a standard test for cervical cancer screening; however, the most important challenge is high rates of false negative results. the aim of this study was to compare the quality of smears obtained by anatomical spatula and spatula-cytobrush. the most important factor in false negative ...
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OBJECTIVES The Papanicolaou smear is a standard test for cervical cancer screening; however, the most important challenge is high false negative results. Several factors contribute to this problem and one the most important is inappropriate sampling. The aim of this study was to compare the quality of smears obtained by either an anatomical spatula or a spatula-cyto brush. METHODS One hundred...
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Background & Aim: Pap smear test is an easy and low cost screening method for prevention of cervical cancer. Attempts to improve the quality of this test have an important role in early diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The purpose of this study is determination of differences between cervix brush and modified Ayre spatula in terms of cervical smear adequacy. Patients & Method: In a t...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Family Practice
سال: 2006
ISSN: 2078-6190,2078-6204
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2006.10873457