Cervicovaginal Cytokines to Predict the Onset of Normal and Preterm Labor: a Pseudo-longitudinal Study.

Inflammatory processes associated with human parturition are still not completely understood, not only because the gap between inflammation and the onset of labor has been difficult to study but also because of the limited knowledge about the role of cervicovaginal fluid (CVF) cytokines during the sequence of labor. We aimed to determine whether CVF cytokines could predict the onset of normal and preterm labor. Chemokines and proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in CVF were measured in a pseudo-longitudinal manner in healthy women between 12 and 41 weeks gestation with intact fetal membranes before and during the first stage of labor.

[Telemedicine and robotic surgery in gynecology].

This paper reviews most relevant issues in robotic surgery and its applications in gynecology. Surgery is one of medicine's branches that have achieved most progress in last years. Robotic surgery is a new technology with several applications in teaching, medical service, minimal invasion surgery, and microsurgery fields.