Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are responsible for causing immune-related adverse events (irAEs). The frequency and severity of irAEs depend on various factors, but the role of the molecule used remains unclear. Our aim was to assess the comparative safety profile of different programmed cell death-1 inhibitors (anti-PD1) and programmed cell death ligand-1 inhibitors (anti-PD-L1) in a real-life setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study aims to characterise the diversity of post-COVID-19 physical and mental health outcomes, known as the post-COVID-19 condition (PCC), and the determining factors 3-6 months after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Design: This is a prospective cohort study.
Setting: This study took place at the European Hospital of Marseille, France.
Diabetes secondary to total pancreaticoduodenectomy (TP) is challenging to manage due to high glycemic variability and risk of hypoglycemia, in a frail population. We report the case of four patients with no prior diabetes who underwent TP. Three of four patients needed artificial nutritional support.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRationale: Associations of autoimmune diseases are rare but interesting and challenging situations from a diagnostic, pathophysiological, and therapeutic point of view. This article studies a rare association of autoimmune diseases by discussing the pathophysiological hypotheses and an original therapeutic management. The coexistence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis and spondyloarthritis has rarely been described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Critical limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) requires revascularization whenever it is possible. The great saphenous vein represents the surgical conduit of choice. However, it is not always available, in particular in multi-operated patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Non-infectious aortitis encompasses various histological patterns, but their specific cardiovascular outcomes remain unclear.
Objective: To evaluate the mortality associated with non-infectious surgical thoracic aortitis.
Methods: This retrospective multicenter study included patients who underwent thoracic aortic surgery and had histological evidence of aortitis.
Complications of trapeziometacarpal arthroplasty are uncommon, but are classified as intra- and post-operative, dislocation and loosening being the main causes of revision surgery. Periprosthetic fracture and ossification are rare. Whenever possible, prosthetic revision techniques consist in partial or total replacement with modular implants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) is the first cause of death after major hepatectomy, and future liver remnant (FLR) volume is the main factor predicting PHLF. Liver venous deprivation (LVD) via portal and hepatic vein embolization has been suggested to induce a better hypertrophy of the FLR than portal vein embolization. The aim of this retrospective multicentric study was to assess safety, feasibility and efficacity of LVD in a French national multicentric register.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe incidence of systemic autoimmune diseases is constantly rising. They are chronic diseases requiring prolonged treatment, with considerable psychosocial impact. While attention to the promising results obtained with CAR-T cells in refractory patients is justified, it seems important not to overlook the opportunities for prevention based on the identification of a pre-disease state.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiliary complications remain a real issue in liver transplantation (LT). Despite meta-analyses, the anastomosis technique, especially the use of biliary drain as T-Tube drain (TT) or transcystic drain, remains controversial. This study conducted by the ARCHET research group examine the incidence and types of biliary complications (BC) after LT according to the presence or absence of a biliary drain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Despite the increasing efficacy of chemotherapy, permanently unresectable colorectal liver metastases are associated with poor long-term survival. We aimed to assess whether liver transplantation plus chemotherapy could improve overall survival.
Methods: TransMet was a multicentre, open-label, prospective, randomised controlled trial done in 20 tertiary centres in Europe.
Background: The regenerative capacities of the liver and improvements in surgical techniques have expanded the possibilities of resectability. Liver resection is often the only curative treatment for primary and secondary malignancies, despite the risk of post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF). This serious complication (with a 50% mortality rate) can be avoided by better assessment of liver volume and function of the future liver remnant (FLR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBecause Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a rare disease, and due to the significant prognostic impact of early management, a diagnosis confirmed by a physician with experience in SLE is recommended, for example from an expert center. Once the diagnosis is confirmed, existing manifestations should be identified in particular, renal involvement by an assessment of proteinuria, disease activity and severity should be determined, potential complications anticipated, associated diseases searched for, and the patient's socioprofessional and family context noted. Therapeutic management of SLE includes patient education on recognizing symptoms, understanding disease progression as well as when they should seek medical advice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The definition of Takayasu arteritis (TAK) remission and disease activity is still unclear. Vascular imaging is an essential tool for following-up patients. Herein, we aimed to compare the evolution of vascular lesions (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the field of complex autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systems immunology approaches have proven invaluable in translational research settings. Large-scale datasets of transcriptome profiling have been collected and made available to the research community in public repositories, but remain poorly accessible and usable by mainstream researchers. Enabling tools and technologies facilitating investigators' interaction with large-scale datasets such as user-friendly web applications could promote data reuse and foster knowledge discovery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the prognosis and outcome of patients with isolated carotid vasculitis.
Methods: We performed a retrospective multicenter study of 36 patients (median age at diagnosis was 37 [IQR 27-45] years and 11 [31 %] patients were men) with initial presentation as isolated carotid vasculitis. Study endpoints included vascular complications, relapses, and progression to large vessel vasculitis (i.
Background: Despite the increasing efficacy of chemotherapy (C), the 5-year survival rate for patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases (CLM) remains around 10%. Liver transplantation (LT) might offer a curative approach for patients with liver-only disease, yet its superior efficacy compared to C alone remains to be demonstrated.
Methods: The TransMet randomised multicentre clinical trial (NCT02597348) compares the curative potential of C followed by LT versus C alone in patients with unresectable CLM despite stable or responding disease on C.
Background: There are no data to evaluate the difference in populations and impact of centers with liver transplant programs in performing laparoscopic liver resection (LLR).
Methods: This was a multicenter study including patients undergoing LLR for benign and malignant tumors at 27 French centers from 1996 to 2018. The main outcomes were postoperative severe morbidity and mortality.
Objectives: To estimate prevalence, incidence and mortality rates, and annual healthcare costs of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and SS associated with other autoimmune disorders (SS+AID) in France.
Methods: French national healthcare claims-based study within the prospective Système National des Données de Santé database that includes the majority of the French population. An algorithm was developed to identify patients with SS and SS-related healthcare claims were analysed between 2011 and 2018.