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3521175

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
In 30 patients whose last cervical smear had lacked endocervical cells, two new samples were collected, one with a cotton-tipped applicator and the other with the recently developed Cytobrush cervical brush. With the cotton swab, no endocervical cells were present in the repeat smears of 21 patients, as compared with only 3 Cytobrush smears lacking endocervical cells; the difference is statistically significant (P less than .001). Quantitatively, the cellular yield with the Cytobrush was larger. It is concluded that the use of the cervical brush to collect material for cervical smears is more effective and provides a higher yield of cells than the use of the conventional cotton swab. The importance of the presence of endocervical cells in a smear as evidence that the transformation zone has been properly sampled is also discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5547
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
261-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
The efficiency of the Cytobrush versus the cotton swab in the collection of endocervical cells in cervical smears.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study