J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2004 Jan;8(1):43-7. doi: 10.1097/00128360-200401000-00010.
Journal of lower genital tract disease
José de Jesús Curiel-Valdés
PMID: 15874836 DOI: 10.1097/00128360-200401000-00010
OBJECTIVE: To improve the quality of smears from uterine cervix.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifteen photographs of different types of cervixes (nulliparous, multiparous, ectopia, and others) were shown to a group of physicians and technicians who send samples to our laboratory. We had previously evaluated accuracy of sampling the transformation zone and compared results of the test group with our previous evaluation using Student's t test.
RESULTS: The rate of transformation zone sampling increased from 45% to 77% (p = 0.0001) after physicians and technicians saw the photographs and received instructions.
CONCLUSIONS: This method is simple and very effective for the improving sampling of the uterine cervix by clinicians and other health providers.
