title: The colposcopy unit. Instrumentation, colposcopic technique, recording of findings, and terminology.
abstract: The colposcopy unit is the ideal setting for the triage of patients with lower genital tract disorders, particularly those who have been identified through screening tests to be at potential risk for developing cancer. This article has reviewed the colposcopic method, related instrumentation, and internationally approved colposcopic terminology. This will serve as a basis for the more detailed discussion of colposcopic diagnosis in the articles that follow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Shier
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology; D020681:Colposcopes; D003127:Colposcopy / Q000379:methods*; D004598:Electrosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology