Open AccessDIAGNOSTIC EFFICIENCY OF LIQUID BASED CYTOLOGY COMPARED WITH CONVENTIONAL PAP.
Author(s) -
Pammy Pravina,
Rita Sinha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v4i3.1182
Subject(s) - medicine , liquid based cytology , cytology , obstetrics , gynecology , obstetrics and gynaecology , vaginal discharge , cervical cancer , cancer , pregnancy , pathology , biology , genetics
Aim: Diagnostic efficiency of liquid based cytology compared with conventional pap
Methods: The present analytical study entitled was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India over the period of 1 year. The study includes total 100 subjects.
Results: Mean age of the study population was 39.12 years. Majority belongs to 30-40 years of age group. Vaginal discharge was the major problem reported by the study subjects. There were statistically significant differences of satisfactory/unsatisfactory rate and Diagnostic efficacy i.e. sensitivity and specificity of LBC is greater than CPS for evaluation of cervical cytology.
Conclusions: the present study concluded that LBC may improve the sample's quality, reduce the number of unsatisfactory smear and increases the diagnostic efficacy in comparison to CPS.
Keywords: Cervical cancer, Conventional pap smear, Liquid-based cytology, Sensitivity, Specificity.