Evolution in the management of thyroid surgery over a period of 15 years in a Belgian center.

Background: Guidelines for thyroid surgery have evolved to reflect advances in medical knowledge and decrease the overdiagnosis of low-risk thyroid cancer. Our goal was to analyze the change made in operative thyroid management and the impact on thyroid cancer diagnosis.

Background: Guidelines for thyroid surgery have evolved to reflect advances in medical knowledge and decrease overdiagnosis of low risk thyroid cancer.

Update on Sentinel Lymph Node Methods and Pathology in Breast Cancer.

Breast cancer stands out as the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women globally. Precise lymph node staging holds critical significance for both predicting outcomes in early-stage disease and formulating effective treatment strategies to control regional disease progression in breast cancer patients. No imaging technique possesses sufficient accuracy to identify lymph node metastases in the early stages (I or II) of primary breast cancer.

Blood pool SPECT: rheumatological and orthopedic focus, a pictorial essay.

Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has revolutionized delayed bone scan acquisitions and promises to bring the same benefits to early acquisitions, especially in areas of complex anatomy. To date, however, only a few studies have been published about the utility of blood pool SPECT. The accurate assessment of inflammatory processes can be an indisputable added value to the diagnosis.

Optimal turnaround time for direct identification of microorganisms by mass spectrometry in blood culture.

Introduction: During the past few years, several studies describing direct identification of bacteria from blood culture using mass spectrometry have been published. These methods cannot, however, be easily integrated into a common laboratory workflow because of the high hands-on time they require. In this paper, we propose a new method of identification with a short hands-on time and a turnaround time shorter than 15min.

Transinguinal preperitoneal groin hernia repair using a preperitoneal mesh preformed with a permanent memory ring: a good alternative to Lichtenstein's technique.

Purpose: The transinguinal preperitoneal (TIPP) technique uses a preperitoneal mesh preformed with a permanent memory ring, which greatly facilitates application of Rives' technique. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate our primary results by systematic clinical and ultrasound evaluations more than 1 year after surgery.

Methods: This unicentric study included all consecutive adult patients treated with surgery for a groin hernia by the same surgeon using the same technique between December 2006 and December 2008.