whos minding our profession assessing the quality of nursing performance part 1 part 1 of this twopart series examines a newly endorsed set of evidencebased measures aimed specifically at assessing nursing performance parietal endometriosis in abdominal scars report of 3 cases parietal endometriosis is a rare disease its diagnosis and treatment are often difficult we report 3 cases of parietal endometriosis occurring in cesarean and appendectomy scars clinical symptoms are not specific and may lead to erroneous diagnosis diagnosis is usually made on the histological exam of the resected lesion treatment of choice is complete surgical excision computerized dynamic platform posturography computerized dynamic platform posturography is defined in this technology assessment the review discusses what computerized dynamic platform posturography measures what the reliability and validity of the information are and the uniqueness of the information provided the clinical contribution and indications for testing are discussed there are comments on future directions for research on computerized dynamic platform posturography and a summary and conclusion