comparison of pap smears from cotton swab-spatula and cervex brush methods

Comparison Of Pap Smears From Cotton Swab-spatula And Cervex Brush Methods

Background and Objective: Cervical cancer involves many women annually and Pop smear test has played a significant role in reducing its mortality and for this reason, its improvement is very essential. In this respect, cervex brush is a new tool that has been introduced in many countries. Therefore, this...

In specual reference to comparison between Cervex brush and cotton swab-

Objective : An attempt was made to compare the detection of cervical abnormalities between the use of a cotton swab and a Cervex brush in mass cancer screening. Study Design : Of 15,664 women who participated in a cervical cancer screening program in 2002, 8,366 women underwent Cervex brush sampling and 7,298 underwent cotton swab screening to compare the detectability of dysplasia and cancer i...

Comparison of the Cervex-Brush® Combi and the Cytobrush+Ayres Spatula Combination for Cervical Sampling in Liquid-Based Cytology

OBJECTIVES To compare the performance of two cervical collection devices (Cytobrush+Ayres spatula and Cervex-Brush® Combi) for cellular sampling, transformation zone representation and accuracy in diagnosing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2+. METHODS Cervical samples were collected from patients referred to the colposcopy unit of the Barretos Cancer Hospital between September 2013 a...

Comparison of Pap smear quality with anatomical spatula and convenience (spatula-cytobrush) methods: a single blind clinical trial.

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...

مقایسه اثر سرویکس براش و اسپاچولا بر روی پاپ اسمیر

Background and Aim: Cervical smears contain endocervical cells which are accepted as representatives for cytological diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to compare the adequacy of cervical cytology sampling and endocervical cells together; using two sampling instruments, namely Cervix Brush and Ayres Spatula. Materials and Method: In a randomized controlled clinical trial, Pap smears of 1...

Clinical inquiries. Should a nylon brush be used for Pap smears from pregnant women?