Development of appropriateness criteria for hip arthroscopy in patients with femoroacetabular impingement.

Introduction: The use of hip arthroscopy as a treatment for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) has increased exponentially in recent years without robust evidence or consensus about the patients who benefit from it.

Objective: To develop explicit criteria for the appropriate indication of hip arthroscopy in FAI.

Method: A panel of experts was formed with 11 traumatologists following the RAND/UCLA method to identify the appropriateness criteria for hip arthroscopy in patients with FAI.

[Complications and nerve preservation in prostatectomy according to the time interval from diagnostic biopsy].

Objectives: To summarize the available evidence on complications and bilateral nerve preservation in radical prostatectomy in patients according to the time interval from diagnostic biopsy (more or less than six weeks).

Material And Methods: Relevant studies were identified by using structured and specific search strategies for each of the databases consulted, without limitations. The methodological quality of each of the studies included was evaluated and the data were extracted independently.

[Efficacy of CT colonography versus colonoscopy in screening for colorectal cancer].

Objective: To determine the efficacy and effectiveness of CT colonography in comparison with those of colonoscopy in screening for colorectal cancer.

Material And Methods: We systematically reviewed all the studies in the scientific literature that assessed the efficacy of CT colonography in screening for colorectal cancer. We excluded articles that assessed the efficacy of other screening techniques for colorectal cancer and those that used CT colonography in the diagnostic workup of suspected lesions or symptomatic patients.

[Prophylactic vitamin K for vitamin K deficiency bleeding of the newborn].

Background: The administration of vitamin K immediately after birth has shown a significant decrease in the incidence of newborn bleeding, but there is not enough evidence to determine the most appropriate method of administration. The objective of this review is to determine the effectiveness of orally administered vitamin K compared to the intramuscular route in the prevention of hemorrhagic disease of newborn (HDN).

Methods: We conducted a systematic review of the main databases (Medline, Embase and Cochrane, among others) without limitation by date, language or type of study.