Treatment/Procedure:Pap Smear Also called: Pap Test A Pap test is a procedure to collect cells from the surface of the cervix and vagina. A piece of cotton, a brush or a small wooden stick is used to gently scrape cells from the cervix and vagina. The cells are viewed under a microsco...
Although a Pap smear takes only a minute or two, the total amount of time you're at your appointment will be a bit longer—particularly if you'll be having the test as part of yourregular gynecological check-up. An hour is typically enough time to plan for. If this will be your firs...
A Pap smear is a test to check forcervical cancer. If you have a cervix and are between the ages of 21 and 65, you should have the test every 3 years. The test is performed by inserting a speculum into your vagina and collecting some cells from your cervix that are analyzed at a l...
Formerly, a sample of cells was evenly applied to a glass slide and sprayed with a fixative. This sample was sent to the lab for close and careful examination under a microscope. Currently almost all providers are using a new kind of Pap smear called a ThinPrep test, the sample is rinsed...
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A colposcopy is done if your Pap smear finds anything concerning. You may have cells that could become cancerous if left alone, other noncancerous cells called polyps, cervical inflammation, or genital warts. All are treatable. Is a colposcopy a big deal?
Similar to a pap smear, a speculum is placed in the vagina to visualize the cervix. The physician will inject fluid into the uterine cavity through the hysteroscope to improve the visual field. The end of the telescope is then gently passed through the cervical canal and, under direct visua...
Target for embryo transfer placement is the middle of the lining Ultrasound guided embryo transfer technique The embryo transfer procedure seems very similar to a Pap smear for the woman. There should be no pain and no sedation or other drugs are required. We use a moderately full bladder for...
I had a myomectomy recently but my doctor made a vertical incision instead of a horizontal one I wonder why it was so, I was a virgin before the surgery and he asked me to go for a pap smear thereby disvirgining me,was it necessary?my fibriods were quite big and multiple what can...
Background: Screening for cancer of thecervix at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), follows the recommendedthree-step strategy; Papanicolaou (Pap) smear, colposcopy/biopsy and loopelectrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP)/biopsy. This approach poses thefollowing challenges: multiple clinic visits, costly,...