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Can portable Colposcopes Replace Standard-of-care Colposcopes? A Crossover Trial of Two Portable Colposcopes with a Standard-of-Care Video Colposcope

Screen positive women need to be triaged by colposcopy which is a major challenge in low-middle. income countries. Portable colposcopes may overcome many challenges, reduce referrals and enable a single visit approach.

Natarajan et al

Evaluating the Feasibility of Utilizing Gynocular-Triage-to Diagnose (Gynocular T2D) Application with VIA in Community Cervical Cancer Screening Programs in Rural Mysore, India

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer amongst women in India. The aim of the study is to determine the feasibility of using GynocularT2D (G2TD) in conjunction with Visual Inspection with Acetic acid (VIA) in community based

Srinivas et al

A systematic review of handheld tools in lieu of colposcopy for cervical neoplasia and female genital schistosomiasis

Visualization of the lesions in the lower genital tract is the mainstay for diagnosis of the four lesions found in female genital schistosomiasis (FGS), but colposcopes are generally not available in low-resource settings.

Softeland et al

Screening test accuracy of portable devices that can be used to perform colposcopy for detecting CIN2+ in low- and middle-income. countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Portable devices that can be used to perform colposcopy may improve cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) where access to colposcopy is limited.

Thagavi et al

Colposcopy telemedicine: live versus static swede score and accuracy in detecting CIN2+, a cross-sectional pilot study

This cross-sectional pilot study evaluates diagnostic accuracy of live colposcopy versus static image Swede-score evaluation for detecting significant precancerous cervical lesions greater than, or equal to grade 2 severity (CIN2+).

Thagavi et al

Gynocular™ as a Field Colposcope: Real-life Experiences from a VIA and HPV DNA-based Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Rural India

Gynocular™ is a battery-operated, portable field colposcope with three-step magnification and green filter. The present study was conducted in a community setting to evaluate accuracy and also assess the advantages and limitations of Gynocular™ as a field colposcope.

Banerjee et al

Evaluation of a compact, rechargeable, magnifying deviceto triage VIA and HPV positive women in a cervical cancer screening program in rural India.

Many limited-resourced countries have either introduced cervical cancer screening programs or are contemplating to do so using visual inspection after acetic acid application (VIA) or human papillomavirus (HPV)detection tests.

Basu et al

Evaluation of the accuracy in detecting cervical lesions by nurses versus doctors using a stationary colposcope and Gynocular in a low-resource setting

Objectives: Evaluation of the performance of VIA(visual inspection with acetic acid) trained nurses to learn colposcopy and the Swede score method to detect cervical lesions by using stationary colposcope or a portable, hand-held

Nessa et al

Agreement of Colposcope and Gynocular in Assessment of Cervical Lesions by Swede Score: A Randomized, Crossover Pilot Trial

This study aimed to determine if criterion standard colposcopy could be provided by a pocket-sized battery-driven colposcope, the Gynocular. Materials and Methods. The study was a randomized, crossover, pilot clinical trial for evaluating agreement

Nagonzi et al