Efficacy of electromagnetic extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy on high-density ureteral stones.

Introduction: Our aim was to evaluate electromagnetic extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) in treating high-density radiopaque ureteral stones on non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT).

Patients And Methods: Adult patients with radiopaque stones in the ureter who underwent SWL in a high volume center between 2016 and 2017 were retrospectively included. NCCT characteristics such as mean stone density (MSD), stone size, skin to stone distance (SSD) were recorded before treatment.

Characterization of benzodiazepine misuse and comorbidities in patients with alcohol use disorder.

Background: Due to the frequent presence of anxious symptoms and sleep disorders, benzodiazepines (BZD) are often prescribed to patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD).

Objectives: To assess BZD misuse and psychiatric comorbidities in patients with AUD.

Methods: This prospective, monocentric study included all adult patients with AUD hospitalized in a French addiction unit for alcohol withdrawal from November 2017 to May 2018.

Hemodynamic Performances and Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Valve-in-Valve Versus Native Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.

Valve-in-valve (ViV) transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) emerged has a less invasive treatment than surgery for patients with degenerated bioprosthesis. However, few data are currently available regarding results of ViV versus TAVI in native aortic valve. We aimed to compare hemodynamic performances and 1-year outcomes between patients who underwent ViV procedure and patients who underwent non-ViV TAVI.

[Ethical review in biomedical research].

Through the difficulties encountered during the previous centuries in order for an animal to be recognized as a sensitive being, we saw the evolution of society's attitudes change from antiquity to our present day. Over the past twenty years animal testing has first evolved within a progressive regulatory framework reinforced by an ethical thinking which has, since 1990, led to the establishment of the ethics committees. The dialogue between these committees and researchers has led to the recovery of principles previously ignored such as the 3Rs (Replace, Reduce, Refine).