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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1646-5830</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Obstétrica e Ginecológica Portuguesa]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Obstet Ginecol Port]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1646-5830</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Euromédice, Edições Médicas Lda.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1646-58302022000100037</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Avaliação dos indicadores de qualidade numa unidade de Colposcopia em Portugal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Quality indicators evaluation in a Portuguese Colposcopy unit]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Branco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rute Isabel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Urzal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cecília]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cruz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carmo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Viana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pacheco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Amália]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Amadora ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve Serviço de Ginecologia-Obstetrícia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve Serviço de Ginecologia-Obstetrícia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve Serviço de Anatomia Patológica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>37</fpage>
<lpage>43</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1646-58302022000100037&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1646-58302022000100037&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1646-58302022000100037&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Overview and aims:  Colposcopy is considered the &#8220;gold standard&#8221; technique for the evaluation of women with abnormal cervical cancer screening tests or with a clinically suspicious cervix. The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of four quality indicators in colposcopy, as defined by the European Federation of Colposcopy (EFC), in a Portuguese colposcopy unit.  Study design:  Descriptive retrospective study.  Methods and Population:  We included all patients who had been submitted to excision of the cervical transformation zone in a Colposcopy unit of a tertiary Portuguese hospital, from January to December 2020.  Results:  A total of 110 excisions of the cervical transformation zone were performed. We found that in all cases (100%) the types of transformation zones were described and colposcopy was performed before treatment in all. In 78.2% of cases a CIN2+ lesion was described in biopsy or in the excision specimen. The resection margins were free at 90.9%.  Conclusions:  With this work we intend to highlight the possibility of applying the EFC criteria as a tool for the internal and external assessment of colposcopy units in Portugal.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Colposcopy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Loop electrosurgical excision]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Quality indicators]]></kwd>
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