On-Site Colposcopy Services: Reply

The organization of colposcopy services in Ontario: recommended framework.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this guideline is to help ensure the provision of high-quality colposcopy practices in the province of Ontario, including those conducted as diagnostic procedures in follow-up to an abnormal cervical screening test. METHODS This document updates the recommendations published in the 2008 colposcopy guideline from Cancer Care Ontario, The Optimum Organization for the De...

On-site colposcopy services in a family practice residency clinic: impact on physician test-ordering behavior, patient compliance, and practice revenue generation.

BACKGROUND Using colposcopy as a model, we examined the impact of introducing a new diagnostic technology into the ambulatory primary care setting. METHODS Records of patients with abnormal findings on Papanicolaou smears were reviewed from three study periods: 1 year before, 1 year after, and 5 years after initiation of on-site colposcopy services. Data analyzed include physician management ...

Comparison of Screening Colposcopy with Diagnostic Colposcopy

Cervical cancer is among the common gynecologic malignancies effective and well developed cytologic screening programs are not available in developing countries. This study is to compare screening and diagnostic culposcopy. In a prospective cross-sectional study 2235 screening and 2318 diagnostic colposcopies were compared. Diagnostic colposcopy indications included chronic vaginal discharge, a...

The Authors’ Reply

The Authors’ Reply