Accuracy of combinations of visual inspection using acetic acid or lugol iodine to detect cervical precancer: a meta‐analysis

Visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA) or with Lugol's iodine (VILI) have been evaluated for cervical cancer screening in developing countries.To assess the diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of visual methods to detect cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2+ (CIN2+) using: (1) VIA alone; (2) VILI alone; (3) co-testing; and (4) VILI as a triage test of a positive VIA result.PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were...