Related Experiment Videos
The unicum and cytobrush plus spatula for cervical cytologic sampling: a comparison
P R Broso1, G Buffetti, T Fabbrini
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ospedale Ivrea, Italy.
Acta Cytologica
|March 1, 1996
Abstract
Objective:
To compare the efficacy of the Unicum, a new ectocervical-endocervical nylon brush, with that of the Cytobrush plus wooden spatula in the collection of cervical-endocervical material.
Study Design:
Thirty-eight patients who underwent routine gynecologic examinations agreed to have a smear taken with the wooden spatula plus Cytobrush and the Unicum.
Results:
The two methods were equally effective in collecting endocervical-ectocervical smears.
Conclusion:
With our method, sampling is done with only one device; the ectocervix and endocervix are sampled simultaneously, and adequate sampling of the transformation zone must be achieved.