CERVICAL SCRAPPER gynecological instruments

 CERVICAL SCRAPPER:

• For endocervical sampling
• This is a wooden spatula for “surface biopsy” which provides a selective cytology technique (pap smear).
• It is neither a true biopsy nor a smear, but a scraping from the squamo-columnar junction of the cervix.
• The irregularly shaped end of the scraper is used with its tip in the external os; with a rotatory movement the entire area of the squamo-columnar junction is scraped. The other end is used for scraping the surface of the edge of suspicious erosion.
• Pointed end for Nulliparous & other for muliparous
• It is diagnos Cervical cancer, caused by Human papilloma viruses (HPV) 

SPATULA

• Risk factors for cervical cancer:
  1. Old age.
  2. White women.
  3. Early sexual active.
  4. Multiple sexual partners.
  5. Smoking.