Description of Referrals for Colposcopy in a Hospital in Brazil.

Stephanie Hein de Carvalho Dayana Aparecida Nacimento Rosa André Luis Ferreira Santos Andréa Paula Peneluppi de Medeiros

Published in: Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia (2020)

Most (60.16%) of the patients referred to the colposcopy service did not benefit from the referral for results without changes, such as negative colposcopies, histologies with no cervical intraepithelial neoplasm (CIN) or only CIN 1, or were out of the age for screening. These findings therefore demonstrate a significant number of unnecessary and inadequate referrals.

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