OBJECTIVE This study aims to assess the Pap smear screening method’s accuracy in detecting precancerous lesions. METHODOLOGY After fulfilling inclusion criteria patients were selected, patient’s bladder was emptied and put a dorsal position, Cusco’s speculum introduced after lubrication followed by insertion of Ayer’s spatula, applied on transformational zone, rotated 360 degrees. Specimen smea...

AIMS To explore the public awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of Saudi women towards Pap smear as a screening test for cervical cancer. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study took place in four major secondary and tertiary healthcare hospitals located in the capital city Riyadh between January 2016 and June 2016. A self-administered, coded, close-ended survey was randomly distributed to...

OBJECTIVE Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a known risk factor for postoperative infection following abdominal hysterectomy. Vaginal bacterial flora scored as intermediate has been shown to have the same risk of postoperative infection as BV. METHODS Women undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy for benign diseases were open-randomized according to Zelen to either treatment with metronidazole rect...

Listeriosis is a sporadic disease of ruminants that causes meningoencephalitis, septicemia and abortion. In this study, the usefulness of immunoperoxidase technique was investigated in early diagnosis of cattle listerial abortions. For this purpose, 96 smears prepared from vaginal swab samples that were collected from aborting cattle were stained for L. monocytogenes by immunoperoxidase techniq...

PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate the possible estrogenic activity of some ingredients of Nigella sativa including Linoleic acid and Gama-Linolenic acid by vaginal cornification assay. METHODS Forty ovariectomized (OVX) rats, aged 16 weeks were allotted randomly to five groups: negative control (taking 1 ml olive oil/ day); positive control (taking 0.2 mg/kg/day Conjucated Equine Estrogen-...

BACKGROUND The significance of the possible presence of infection on the Pap smear of asymptomatic women based on cytological criteria is practically unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 1117 asymptomatic nonpregnant women had Pap smear tests and vaginal as well as cervical cultures completed (622 with and 495 without inflammation on the Pap smear). RESULTS Out of the 622 women with in...

One of the landmarks in the history of the physiology of reproduction is the discovery by Stockard and Papanicolaou7 that the progress of the sexual cycle of mammals, conditioned by ovarian changes, is reflected in a spectacular rhythm of changes in the cell content of the vaginal lumen. Those changes could, it was discovered, readily be recognized by examination of a specimen from the vagina. ...