Gestational surrogacy. Medical, psychological and legal aspects: 9 years of experience in Mexico.

Study Question: What are the medical, psychological and legal aspects involved in running a gestational surrogacy (GS) program in Mexico?

Summary Answer: The correct and complete implementation of a medical protocol, adherence to legality and psychological screening are key elements for the success of a GS program.

What Is Known Already: To our knowledge, this is the first reported GS case series in Mexico.

Study Design Size Duration: This was a retrospective, descriptive study of 135 cycles performed between 2007 and 2016 at a fertility center in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.

Efficacy of cartilage palisade tympanoplasty: randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To calculate the efficacy (evaluating both morphologic and functional results) of cartilage palisade tympanoplasty (CPT) in comparison with tympanoplasty involving a temporalis muscle fascia (FT) graft.

Study Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: General Hospital.

Parasitic thyroid nodule in hashimoto's thyroiditis.

We present a case of parasitic thyroid nodule in a 62-year-old woman with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The patient underwent right hemithyroidectomy for a 15-mm nodule suspicious for malignancy. A recurrential ipsilateral lymph nodule was identified and removed.

[Implantation of a program for the early detection of neonatal hearing loss].

Permanent childhood hearing impairment is a serious public health problem. Identification by screening in the first few months of life has the potential to improve affected children development. Neonatal hearing screening programs endorse the WHO requirement for a cost efficient screening.