Contribution of DNA ploidy image cytometry to the management of ASC cervical lesions.

Background: The Bethesda system classifies smears that suggest an underlying cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) as ASC (atypical squamous cell) smears. ASC smears are subdivided into ASCUS (of undetermined significance) and ASCH (cannot exclude a high-grade lesion). Today the management of ASCUS is a triage with HR-HPV testing and colposcopy is recommended for ASCH.

A support method for the contextual interpretation of biomechanical data.

In the clinical field, biomechanical data provided by advanced technical devices are still underexploited. Data analysis usually consists of extracting attributes or computing synthetic values from temporal data and exploiting them by means of a monovariable statistical method. This article proposes a method to support clinicians, especially those in orthopedics, in the contextual interpretation of biomechanical data.

DNA image cytometry on biopsies can help the detection of localized Gleason 3+3 prostate cancers.

Purpose: In spite of classifications based on digital rectal examination, prostate specific antigen (PSA), transrectal echography and histological analysis, 20% to 40% of operated prostate adenocarcinomas are not yet organ confined. New diagnostic features to predict extracapsular invasion before treatment are needed to avoid surgical extraction within positive margins.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was performed for 74 prostate adenocarcinomas with Gleason 3+3.

Improved kinematics of unrestrained arm raising in C5-C6 tetraplegic subjects after deltoid-to-triceps transfer.

Study Design: Prospective comparative study.

Objective: To determine whether control of upper limb joint synergy during unrestrained arm raising involving shoulder and elbow flexion is modified by deltoid-to-triceps transfer.

Setting: Rehabilitation unit for spinal cord injury patients, France.

[Orthopedic treatment of consequences of upper limb spasticity].

Orthopedic surgery for upper extremity spasticity is based on a precise clinical evaluation with motor and sensitive and cognitive factors. Use of electromyography and lidocain or toxin is necessary. Surgical aims are classified as hygienic or functional.