Open AccessComparison of specimen adequacy and smear quality in oral smears prepared by manual liquid-based cytology and conventional methods
Author(s) -
Surabhi Shukla,
A Einstein,
Abhilasha Shukla,
Deepika Mishra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.174611
Subject(s) - liquid based cytology , papanicolaou stain , medicine , staining , cytology , cytological techniques , papanicolaou test , biomedical engineering , pathology , cervical cancer , cancer
Liquid-based cytology (LBC), recommended in the mass screening of potentially malignant cervical and oral lesions, suffers from high cost owing to the use of expensive automated devices and materials. Considering the need for cost-effective LBC techniques, we evaluated the efficacy of an inexpensive manual LBC (MLBC) technique against conventional cytological technique in terms of specimen adequacy and smear quality of oral smears.