SCREENING FOR CARCINOMA CERVIX WITH SIMULTANEOUS USE OF PAP SMEAR, COLPOSCOPY AND COLPOSCOPY GUIDED CERVICAL BIOPSY–A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Sapneswar Behera; Atal Bihari Dandapat; Rashmi Nandakumar Raghu

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

SCREENING FOR CARCINOMA CERVIX WITH SIMULTANEOUS USE OF PAP SMEAR, COLPOSCOPY AND COLPOSCOPY GUIDED CERVICAL BIOPSY–A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Sapneswar Behera, Atal Bihari Dandapat, Rashmi Nandakumar Raghu

Abstract :

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of Pap smear, colposcopy and colposcopy guided cervical biopsy in screening for cancer of uterine cervix. METHOD Hundred patients undergoing routine cervical cytological screening at VIMSAR, Burla in department of OBG outpatient clinic were randomly selected. All patients were evaluated by Pap smear, colposcopy and cervical punch biopsy. Pap smears and biopsies specimens were interpreted independently. CONCLUSION: Colposcopy followed by colposcopic guided cervical biopsy is a much sensitive method compared to cytology, especially in the high grade lesions of cervix and plays an important role in the down staging of cervical cancer.