Open AccessEvaluation for Screening of Cervical Cancer by Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) Method
Author(s) -
Kalpana Kumari Thapa,
Urmila Parajuli
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nepal journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1999-9623
pISSN - 1999-8546
DOI - 10.3126/njog.v13i1.21616
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , visual inspection , retrospective cohort study , gynecology , cervix , obstetrics , cancer , acetic acid , cervical cancer screening , biochemistry , statistics , chemistry , mathematics
Aims: To evaluate pre-cancer lesion and presence of risk factors by visual inspection with acetic acid.Methods: A retrospective study was done to evaluate VIA positive women by demographic and reproductive history and presence of risk factors from the period 16th March, 2016 to 15th March, 2017.Results: A total of 605 women were included and counseled for screening mean age of patient in year's was 39.46±9.4 years and VIA positive rate was 4.63% (28/605).Conclusions: Cervical pre-cancer and cervical cancers were detected by VIA testing.