Pap Test After Total Hysterectomy Questioned.JANCIN, BRUCE
Focuses on the unnecessary pap smear screening of patients that have undergone hysterectomy. Reason behind the continued unnecessary pap tests according to Brenda E. Sirovich and H. Gilbert Welch of the Department of Veterans Affairs...
Pap smears may be discontinued after a total hysterectomy unless the surgery was performed for cervical pre-invasive or invasivecanceror other uterine cancers, or if you are considered to be at high risk for other reasons; for example, if you areHIVpositive (carry the virus that causes AIDS),...
The Pap Smear A Pap smear, also known as a Papanicolaou test or Pap test, is a procedure that checks for abnormal cells on thecervix.1It is named after George Papanicolaou, M.D., who is credited for developing the Pap smear.2The Pap smear drastically transformed how early cervical cancer...
and no later than 3 years after starting sexual activity. Cervical cancer is rare under age 25. Women who have had a total hysterectomy (removal of uterus and the cervix) may not require Pap smear screening if the surgery was for a benign condition. The Pap smear is currently our best sc...
Cost-effectiveness of pap smear screening for vaginal cancer after total hysterectomy for benign disease To examine the cost effectiveness of Papanicolaou screening for cancer after total hysterectomy for benign disease. Decision analysis including Markov mod... MD Fetters,RW Lieberman,PH Abrahamse,......
Many unnecessary Pap smears are performed after hysterectomy. Many American women who have had a hysterectomy with removal of the cervix for benign disease continue to undergo routine Papanicolaou (Pap) testing despit... Anonymous - 《Journal of Family Practice》 被引量: 16发表: 2004年 Cyto...
You've had a totalhysterectomy(since your cervix will have been removed) You're over 65 and your last three tests were negative Even if these conditions apply to you, talk to your doctor before discontinuing your Pap tests. They may want you to continue for certain reasons, for instance, ...
Afterwards, patients who had a total hysterectomy with an ASC-H smear of the vaginal stump were excluded. Additional exclusion criteria were pelvic radiotherapy in temporal relation to an ASC-H PAP smear collection, a presentation at our dysplasia unit more than 12 months after an ASC-H result...
If you've had ahysterectomy, you still may need to have Pap tests, depending on whether your cervix was removed. Cervical cells can remain at the top of the vagina after surgery, and if you have a history of moderate to severe cervical changes or cervical cancer, ACOG recommends that you...