Open AccessDiagnostic Value of An Abnormal Sr in Non‐Pregnant Women: Evaluation of Positive Smear from the Surface of the Portio Obtained by the Cottonswab Method or by the Dry Wooden Ayre Spatula and the Relevance of Positive Smear from the Endocervix and/or from the Surface of the Portio
Author(s) -
Lundvall Lene,
Hajgaard Lise Lotte,
Hajgaard Knud,
Lundvall Finn
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349009006161
Subject(s) - medicine , hysterectomy , gynecology , biopsy , cotton swab , surgery , obstetrics , pathology
During a 3‐4 year period, 324 women with a positive smear were registered consecutively and prospectively and divided into two groups according to the design of the investigation. In one group the smear was taken with an Ayre spatula and in the other group with a cotton swab. The purpose of this investigation has been to make a comparison between the endocervical smear and the smear taken from the surface of the portio and at the same time between the samples taken with a dry wooden Ayre spatula and with a cotton swab. No differences were found. The cytological findings have been registered and correlated both with the histological findings by colposcopically directed punch‐biopsies and endocervical curettings and with the final histological diagnosis obtained by punch‐biopsy, conization or hysterectomy.