title: Comparison of Standard and Loupe Colposcopy (Part II): Initial Experience with a New 6×-10× Surgical Loupe.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Our objective was to describe our experience in using a newly designed surgical loupe as a substitute device for colposcopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-two patients were examined with a prototype surgical loupe. The instrument has a self-contained halogen light source, allows for 6× and 10× magnification, and has a green filter. Colposcopic impression within one degree of the histological diagnosis was considered in agreement. The colposcopic impression using the new instrument was compared to biopsy diagnoses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Colposcopic impressions with this new instrument agreed with final histological diagnoses in 93% of cases. The instrument was easy to use.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 6× to 10× surgical loupe is comfortable to use. Correlation with final pathological evaluation is comparable to standard colposcopic instruments. A trial of this instrument against a standard colposcope is ongoing.
authors.affiliation: Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, and * Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Dunton
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Olafson
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Oken
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Dubin