Publications by authors named "Ghislain Staumont"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare the effectiveness of surgical closure versus just seton removal for treating fistulizing perianal Crohn's disease in patients being treated with adalimumab.
- A randomized controlled trial involved 64 patients, where one group received surgical closure and seton removal, while the other group only had the seton removed.
- Results showed no significant difference in fistula closure rates between the two groups at 12 months, suggesting that seton removal alone may be just as effective as additional surgical intervention.
Aim: To establish consensual definitions of anoperineal lesions of Crohn's (APLOC) disease and assess interobserver agreement on their diagnosis between experts.
Methods: A database of digitally recorded pictures of APLOC was examined by a coordinating group who selected two series of 20 pictures illustrating the various aspects of APLOC. A reading group comprised: eight experts from the Société Nationale Française de Colo Proctologie group of study and research in proctology and one academic dermatologist.
Background: Constipation has a significant impact on quality of life. Aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and the efficacy for relieving dyschezia symptoms of a CO2-releasing suppository in a randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial.
Methods: Fifty-three office-based primary care physicians and 24 gastroenterologists conducted the study in France, between November 2010 and January 2012.
Only three non-surgical treatments of haemorrhoids are clearly validated: infrared coagulation, injection sclerotherapy and rubber band ligation. Those procedures are only indicated for painless symptoms related to internal haemorrhoids, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpidermoid carcinoma of the anus is a rare cancer, and conventionally affects elderly women. Its incidence is on the increase, at a younger age of onset, particularly within the male homosexual population. Main predisposing factors are sexually transmitted diseases and particularly human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, variety of sexual partners, smoking, homosexuality, history of uterine cervix cancer, and immunodepression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAno-rectal complaints in general practitioner visits: consumer point of view.
Gastroenterol Clin Biol
December 2006
Aims: The perception patients consulting for primary care have of anorectal disorders has never been evaluated. Our aim was to analyze proctological complaints among outpatients consulting general practitioners.
Patients And Methods: Among 1484 physicians who responded to a nationwide mailing in France, 161 enrolled 437 females and 358 males consulting between October 2004 and December 2005.