Viveros-Carreño D    5/12/2022

Objective To assess the incidence of peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients undergoing minimally invasive or open radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer. 

Conclusion Minimally invasive surgery is associated with a statistically significant higher risk of peritoneal carcinomatosis after radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer compared with open surgery.

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Viveros-Carreño D 3/10/2022

Viveros-Carreño D. 29/11/2022

Objective
To assess the rate of pathological response rate, and the oncological outcomes of preoperative brachytherapy (PBT) in early-stage cervical cancer.                                

Conclusion
Preoperative brachytherapy in patients with early-stage cervical cancer could improve pathologic and oncologic outcomes, but it should be assessed in high-quality randomized controlled trials before its implementation in clinical practice.

López Rivera JJ, Zapata Arizabaleta M, Carrillo YD, Gualdron López O.  01/09/2021

Objective
Prenatal cytogenetic evaluation is a key tool for identifying alterations in pregnant women with high risk for fetal chromosomal abnormalities (CA). In Colombia, there are not large-scale reports about the prevalence and pattern of CA in prenatal cytogenetic analysis.

Conclusion
In Colombia, the invasive prenatal cytogenetic analysis continues being an important diagnostic tool available for pregnant women with high risk for fetal CA.

Viveros-Carreño D. 13/07/2022

Objective The objective of this systematic review was to assess the incidence of lymph node metastasis in patients with clinically presumed early-stage low-grade serous ovarian cancer that underwent primary surgical treatment.

Conclusion In patients with early-stage low-grade serous ovarian cancer, lymph node assessment should be discussed when counseling for primary surgical staging.

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Valencia CM, Vargas-Rodríguez J, Bernal Y. 06/07/2022

Abstract
Objective
We sought to determine if soluble levels of C5b-9, the terminal complement complex, correlate with end-organ injury in preeclampsia.

Conclusion
We identified a pattern of increased urine and low plasma C5b-9 levels in patients with preeclampsia and end-organ injury. Soluble C5b-9 levels may be used to identify complement-mediated end-organ injury in preeclampsia.