From your experience which is the best LBC system, Surepath or Thinprep, and why?

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Giuseppe Di Benedetto

TinPrep: The technique is simpler but expensive. It is less cells then Surepath.

SurePath: More handwork but cheaper. More cells, no problem with bloody and mucoid specimen. You find more adeno ?

Ingrid Norman

I prefer ThinPrep, easier application to HPV analysis and ICC. Not more expensive then SurePath (SP). SP contain formaldehyd, can block ancillary analysis such as

HPV DNA, mRNA mm.

Marc Philippe Pusztaszeri

Having worked with both systems, I also prefer ThinPrep. In my experience, ThinPrep slides are easier to read because the cells are more equally distributed and monolayered on the slides than with Surepath.