Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Technique for Spigelian Hernia in an Outpatient and Short-Stay Surgery Unit: What's New in Intraperitoneal Meshes?

Background: Spigelian hernia (SH) is a rare entity, but its surgical treatment is essential because of its high complication risk. Laparoscopic approaches have become the option in elective surgery because it has less morbidity and requires a shorter stay. Several laparoscopic techniques have been employed, but there is no gold standard technique for this kind of hernia.

Manidipine treatment in patients with albuminuria not sufficiently reduced with renin-angiotensin system blockers.

Microalbuminuria is an issue of great concern in hypertensive patients owing to its close relation with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Treatment should aim to reduce microalbuminuria to the normal range. Drugs that block the renin-angiotensin system have specific antiproteinuric properties, but more than one drug is needed to achieve blood pressure control in most cases.

International comparison of performance measures for screening mammography: can it be done?

Objective: Published screening mammography performance measures vary across countries. An inter-national study was undertaken to assess the comparability of two performance measures: the recall rate and positive predictive value (PPV). These measures were selected because they do not require identification of all cancers in the screening population, which is not always possible.

Technical quality control practices in mammography screening programs in 22 countries.

Objective: To assess current technical quality control (QC) practices within breast cancer screening or surveillance programs internationally.

Materials And Methods: The International Breast Cancer Screening Network (IBSN) conducted an extensive survey of quality assurance (QA) activities in developed countries known to have population-based breast cancer screening or surveillance programs in place. Twenty-three countries were sent questionnaires that included items about QA and QC requirements at screening sites, the minimum frequencies of QC test performance, and the personnel responsible for performing QC tests.