Preventing cervical conization by achieving satisfactory colposcopy with hygroscopic cervical dilators.
Eighteen women with abnormal cervical cytologic findings and unsatisfactory colposcopic examinations underwent cervical dilatation with Dilapan (Gynotech), a hygroscopic dilator. Dilatation exposed the entire squamocolumnar junction, converting an unsatisfactory colposcopic examination into a satisfactory one and avoiding cervical conization in 17 of the patients.
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Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco.
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D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D020681:Colposcopes; D003127:Colposcopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans