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Instead of getting a Pap smear test, you’ll soon be able to do a self-collection and have your doctor test it for you. (Think of it like the vaginal version of peeing in a cup.)
Due to cost, pain, or other factors, many women avoid traditional Pap smears that test for HPV and cervical cancer—experts say these new self-collection tests could help close that gap.
In a pap smear, a gynecologist uses a speculum to open the walls of the vagina, and then uses an instrument to collect cells from the cervix. As the Mayo Clinic notes, it “may feel uncomfortable.
The Ayre spatula is a device used to collect Pap smear. It is a wooden spatula with U-shaped openings on one side and a flat surface on another. [1] The broad end is for vaginal sample collection and the narrow end is for cervical sample collection. It is rotated 360 degrees in the vagina to obtain the cells to be sent for Pap smear examination.
In gynaecology, Cusco's self-retaining bivalved speculum is a kind of speculums, used for vaginal and cervical examinations. It has a jaw that opens up like a duck bill. The instrument was named after French surgeon Édouard-Gabriel Cusco (1819–1894). [1] It comes in three models: side screw, centre screw, and special narrow virgin size. [2]
A pelvic examination is the physical examination of the external and internal female pelvic organs. [1] It is frequently used in gynecology for the evaluation of symptoms affecting the female reproductive and urinary tract, such as pain, bleeding, discharge, urinary incontinence, or trauma (e.g. sexual assault).
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Bivalved self retaining speculum. Its advantage over Sim's speculum is that no assistance is required to hold it in place. Hence, minor procedures like papsmear, IUCD insertions can be performed independently. Its disadvantage is the limited visualization of vagina walls. Sim's double-bladed posterior vaginal speculum: Scalpel: Vulsellum