Women medical officers trained in colposcopy and cryotherapy procedures
Posted on: 20/Jan/2014 11:16:13 AM
Women medical officers are being trained in colposcopy and cryotherapy procedures at the Institute of Social Obstetrics and Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital (KGH) for Women and Children in a bid to enable early diagnosis of cervical cancer among women in rural areas.
The hospital, which is a regional training centre in colposcopy and cervical pathology, has already been training medical and paramedical personnel in these procedures. The training focuses on colposcopy, a diagnostic procedure, and cryotherapy, a pre-invasive treatment procedure.
A digital colposcope, a device consisting of a high-power field microscope, is used to detect cervical cancer by identifying abnormal cells. It provides a magnified view of the cervix.
Cryotherapy is a pre-invasive out-patient procedure to destroy identified malignant tissues in the pre-cancerous stage.
