User perception of endocervical sampling: A randomized comparison of endocervical evaluation with the curette vs cytobrush

Undurraga Malinverno, Manuela Stefania; Catarino, Rosa; Navarria, Isabelle Anne Laure; Ibrahim, Yasmine Lucile; Puget, Evelyne; Drevard, Isabelle; Pache, Jean-Claude; Tille, Jean-Christophe; Petignat, Patrick

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0186812

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User perception of endocervical sampling: A randomized comparison of endocervical evaluation with the curette vs cytobrush

ContributorsUndurraga Malinverno, Manuela Stefania; Catarino, Rosa; Navarria, Isabelle Anne Laure; Ibrahim, Yasmine Lucile; Puget, Evelyne; Drevard, Isabelle; Pache, Jean-Claude; Tille, Jean-Christophe; Petignat, Patrick

Published inPLOS ONE, vol. 12, no. 11, e0186812

Publication date2017

Abstract

To evaluate whether the endocervical brush (ECB) is better accepted by patients and health care providers for endocervical evaluation when compared to the endocervical curette (ECC), without a decrease in the quality of sampling.

Keywords

Adult
Cervix Uteri/pathology
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Vaginal Smears/methods
Young Adult

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UNDURRAGA MALINVERNO, Manuela Stefania et al. User perception of endocervical sampling: A randomized comparison of endocervical evaluation with the curette vs cytobrush. In: PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, n° 11, p. e0186812. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186812