Mandibular Symphyseal L-Inverted Midline Osteotomy to Correct Mild Laterognathia and Malocclusion.

Objective: The aim of this study was to present the authors' experience with a new surgical technique to correct mild laterognathia and malocclusion by means of an L-inverted midline osteotomy.

Patient And Methods: The patient was a 26-year-old woman diagnosed with left laterognathia and ipsilateral posterior crossbite. She was operated by using this novel technique in November 2009 at Hogar Clínica San Rafael, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Melanosis of the vagina and human papillomavirus infection, an uncommon pathology: case report.

Benign melanotic lesions of the vagina are uncommon and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. A 34-year-old woman was referred because of a Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia 1 biopsy result. On the gynecological examination, two different hyperpigmented areas were noted in the vagina.

Human papillomavirus false positive cytological diagnosis in low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the number of Human Papillomavirus false positive cytological diagnosis in low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL). Three hundred and two women who assisted to an Out-Patient Gynecologic Clinic in Maracaibo, Venezuela, were recruited for this study. Each patient had the Pap smear and a cervical swab for Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2).

[Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum in different gynecologic diseases].

The incidence of Mycoplasma hominis (M. hominis) y Ureaplasma urealyticum (U. urealyticum) was investigated in 113 endocervical samples obtained from women who were seen for different gynecological pathologies.

[Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: Chlamydia trachomatis and other co-factors].

The incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) in patients with diagnosis of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN) was studied in one hundred eighty patients. The Chlamydiazyme test was performed in all of them. Endocervical samples were taken from 103 patients with CIN and 77 women who sought medical attention for different gynecological reasons (CG).