Publications by authors named "F Gadrat"

Background: The purpose of this study was to develop a swine model of surgically induced blood loss to evaluate the performances of a new autotransfusion system allowing red blood cells and platelets preservation while collecting, washing and concentrating hemorrhagic blood intraoperatively.

Methods: Two types of surgically induced blood loss were used in 12 minipigs to assess system performance and potential animal complications following autotransfusion: a cardiac model (cardiopulmonary bypass) and a visceral model (induced splenic bleeding). Animal clinical and hematological parameters were evaluated at different time-points from before bleeding to the end of a 72-hour post-transfusion period and followed by a post-mortem examination.

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Purpose: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) is a noninvasive but painful procedure. The aim of this study was to identify predictive risk factors for pain during SWL.

Patients And Methods: Two hundred twenty-two SWL treatments with the Lithostar lithotripter (Siemens) were included in a monocentric study.

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We report the case of a 74 year-old woman who presented nodules of the breast 3 years after the diagnosis of a papillary adenocarcinoma of the ovary. The diagnosis of breast metastasis from the ovary was made by histologic examination.

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In a series of 15 anaesthesias lasting more than 8 hours, the authors completely replaced morphine-like drugs with the use of electric currents; the method used was that recommended by Professor Cara and his team. The low toxicity of this technique, alertness on waking and degree of post-operative analgesia are stressed; the possibility of mobilisation of naturally occurring morphine-like substances is raised, considering recent neurophysiological work. This leads the authors to refer to electric analgesia rather than electric anaesthesia.

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