Development, Field Testing and Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Hand-held, Portable and Affordable Thermo-coagulator to Prevent Cervical Cancer in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Thermocoagulation uses heat injury to destroy the abnormal dysplastic cells of the cervix

Cryotherapy uses cold injury to destroy the abnormal dysplastic cells of the cervix

The abnormal area of the cervix is excised with a thin metallic loop driven by electrosurgical unit