OBJECTIVE: To investigate clinical and cytomorphological determinants of unsatisfactory
conventional Papanicolaou (Pap) smears. STUDY DESIGN: Records of 82,108 conventional …

Abstract Although The Bethesda System 2001 attempted to standardize the criteria for
specimen adequacy, much confusion still exists, which includes the significance of …

Objectives Cervical cytology smears reported as unsatisfactory for interpretation represent
an unrealized screening opportunity and may have significant laboratory and patient costs …

A set of 300 vaginal smears was interpreted by 13 cytologists from six European
laboratories, who were requested to report inadequate and suboptimal smears. the set had …

Inadequate Pap smear by definition is a specimen in which detection of cervical epithelial
abnormality is impossible or uncertain. This causes poorer detection of intraepithelial …

BACKGROUND. Little is known about the quality of Papanicolaou (Pap) smears performed
by family physi cians and obstetrician-gynecologists. METHODS. Using hospital archival …

Abstract The 1991 Bethesda System for cervical/vaginal CYTOLOGY reporting has defined
adequacy criteria, including UNSATISFACTORY designation. Most laboratories in USA and …

We compared the interobserver reproducibility of estimating the adequacy of the squamous
component of conventional Papanicolaou (Pap) smears using traditional and newly …

BACKGROUND. The general criterion of an unsatisfactory Papanicolaou (Pap) test in the
2001 version of the Bethesda system is not applicable to patients after treatment with …

Objectives: To determine the degree of interobserver variation in the assessment of
conventional cervical smear adequacy as defined by The Bethesda System (TBS) 2001, and …