Gynecology & Obstetrics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0932
ISSN: 2161-0932
Khalid Abd Aziz Mohamad
Lecturer of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Benha Faculty of Medicine and Benha University Hospital,
El Qulyobia Governorate, Benha City, El Sadat Street
Egypt
Research Article
Visual Inspection after Acetic Acid (Via) as an Alternative Screening Tool for Cancer Cervix
Author(s): Khalid Abd Aziz Mohamad, Ahmed Samy Saad, Ahmed Walid Anwar Murad and Ahmed AltraigyKhalid Abd Aziz Mohamad, Ahmed Samy Saad, Ahmed Walid Anwar Murad and Ahmed Altraigy
Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the role of visual inspection with acetic acid VIA as an alternative cost effective tool to Pap smear in screening for cancer cervix in low resource settings.
Material and methods: 3298 women attended the obstetrics and gynecology Department in Benha University Hospital from May 2012 till August 2015 were screened by Pap smear and VIA. Colposcopy was done for all women. Positive cases on any screening test were subjected to cervical biopsy. All women with a positive VIA (200 including 124 Pap +ve), abnormal Cytology (40 were VIA -ve), or those with abnormal colposcopy (70 were Pap -ve and VIA -ve)) were subjected to cervical biopsy and were included in our study. Thus a total of 310 cases from whom cervical biopsy were taken were included.
Results: Of t.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0932.1000336