作者
Jenna L Mueller, Christopher T Lam, Denali Dahl, Mercy Nyamewaa Asiedu, Marlee S Krieger, Yenny Bellido‐Fuentes, Mark Kellish, Jenna Peters, Alaattin Erkanli, Ernesto J Ortiz, Lisa C Muasher, Peyton T Taylor, John W Schmitt, Gino Venegas, Nirmala Ramanujam
发表日期
2018/9
期刊
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
卷号
125
期号
10
页码范围
1321-1329
简介
Objective
Our goal was to develop a tele‐colposcopy platform for primary‐care clinics to improve screening sensitivity and access. Specifically, we developed a low‐cost, portable Pocket colposcope and evaluated its performance in a tertiary healthcare centre in Peru.
Design and setting
Images of the cervix were captured with a standard‐of‐care and Pocket colposcope at la Liga Contra el Cáncer in Lima, Peru.
Population
Two hundred Peruvian women with abnormal cytology and/or human papillomavirus positivity were enrolled.
Methods
Images were collected using acetic acid and Lugol's iodine as contrast agents. Biopsies were taken as per standard‐of‐care procedures.
Main outcome measures
After passing quality review, images from 129 women were sent to four physicians who provided a diagnosis for each image.
Results
Physician interpretation of images from the two colposcopes agreed 83.1% of …
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