Do women referred for colposcopy receive adequate information from the primary care team?

The objective of this study was to assess whether women had been counselled by their primary health care team and whether or not they had received any information about colposcopy. We also asked where the best information had been obtained. The setting was the colposcopy clinic of a large district general hospital, the design of which was a cross-sectional audit using a questionnaire.

Do routine antibiotics after loop diathermy excision reduce morbidity?

Objective: To evaluate whether routinely giving an antibiotic after loop diathermy excision of the cervical transformation zone reduced post-operative vaginal loss.

Design: Prospective, randomised, double-blind placebo controlled parallel study.

Participants: Five hundred women undergoing loop diathermy excision in a colposcopy clinic.