Objectives: To determine high-grade intraepithelial cervical lesions colposcopic regression in pregnant women. Design: Cross-sectional observational study. Setting: Hospital Nacional Docente Madre Niño San Bartolome, Lima, Peru. Participants: Pregnant women with high grade intraepithelial cervical lesion diagnosis – HSIL (CIN II, CIN III, cancer in situ). Interventions: Results of HSIL in Papanicolaou cytology reports from 2004 until 2008 were searched in Pathology Service software.. Main outcome measures: Colposcopic regression of high degree lesions in puerperal women. Results: HSIL distribution was statistically different between Papanicolaou and colposcopy reports but both maintained CIN II, CIN III and cancer in situ order. According to colposcopy HSIL was more frequent than CIN II (83.3%) and cancer in situ followed by CIN III and cancer in situ (15% and 1.7% respectively). In p...

Objectives: To determine high-grade intraepithelial cervical lesions colposcopic regression in pregnant women. Design: Cross-sectional observational study. Setting: Hospital Nacional Docente Madre Niño San Bartolome, Lima, Peru. Participants: Pregnant women with high grade intraepithelial cervical lesion diagnosis – HSIL (CIN II, CIN III, cancer in situ). Interventions: Results of HSIL in Papanicolaou cytology reports from 2004 until 2008 were searched in Pathology Service software.. Main outcome measures: Colposcopic regression of high degree lesions in puerperal women. Results: HSIL distribution was statistically different between Papanicolaou and colposcopy reports but both maintained CIN II, CIN III and cancer in situ order. According to colposcopy HSIL was more frequent than CIN II (83.3%) and cancer in situ followed by CIN III and cancer in situ (15% and 1.7% respectively). In p...

Objectives: To determine the incidence, associated factors and outcomes of obstetrical hysterectomy. Design: Retrospective, descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional study. Setting: Hospital Nacional Docente Madre Niño San Bartolome, Lima, Peru. Material: Clinical records of 69 patients who underwent obstetrical hysterectomy (OH) performed between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2015. Methods: Odds ratio was applied as measure of association, and Excel 2013 and SPSS programs were used for statistical analysis. Main outcome measures: Incidence, associated factors and outcomes of obstetrical hysterectomy. Results: OH rate was 0.69/1 000; 82.6% followed cesarean section delivery (1.94/1 000), OR cesarean section/vaginal delivery was 19.91; 65.2% were multiparous women aged 35 or less, 78.2% with prenatal control. Main diagnoses were placenta previa (27.5%) and previous cesarean section...

Hepatic subcapsular hematoma is a rare and lethal complication of HELLP syndrome presenting during pregnancy or the postpartum in women with severe preeclampsia or eclampsia. Maternal and perinatal mortality is high, hence the importance of prevention, early recognition, and timely and multidisciplinary treatment. We present a case of spontaneous rupture of subcapsular hepatic hematoma in which treatment consisted in electrofulguration and placement of hemostatic mesh, and a review of the literature.

Abdominal ectopic pregnancy is a dramatic situation for the woman’s health. It is a rare pathology that proves to be a difficult test even for the most experienced gynecologists in diagnostic ability, decision-making and surgical technique. We present the case of a hospitalized post-term ectopic abdominal pregnancy with a dead fetus inside the chorioamniotic sac and the placenta implanted on vital abdominal viscera. We describe the clinical data, operative findings and conservative management of the retained placenta, followed by a bibliographic review on the subject.

Introduction: Cervical cancer is the second most frequent malignant disease in the Peruvian female population, and the Papanicolaou test is its main screening tool. However, the COVID-19 pandemic can hinder cervical cancer screening, reducing its scope. Objective: To analyze the decline of Papanicolaou-based cervical cancer screening due to COVID-19 in a specialized hospital in Lima. Methods: We designed a retrospective study (from 2015 to 2020) on 355 029 Papanicolaou smears at the Hospital Nacional Madre Niño San Bartolomé. T-test and one-way ANOVA were used to define differences in the study period and Ljung-Box test with ARIMA (1,0,0) model to describe and forecast monthly expected Papanicolaou smears for 2020. Results: Throughout the six years of the study, the average Papanicolaou smears was 59 171.5 ± 8898.7 per year. However, in 2020 only 16 273 (4.58%) Papanicolaou tests were...