Publications by authors named "Gournay A"

Background: The purpose was to report mid-term to long-term clinical outcomes in a multicentre series of patients who received stemless total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA). The hypothesis was that stemless TSA would be a safe and effective treatment with satisfactory clinical outcomes.

Methods: Authors retrospectively reviewed records of 62 stemless TSAs implanted between March 2013 and December 2014.

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Unlabelled: The purpose of this study was to assess the performance of our Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) over a period of 2 years. Osteoporosis medication was prescribed for 243 patients, and zoledronic acid was the main drug prescribed (60.2%).

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The reliability of in vitro proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to specifically measure the water content of rehydrated human stratum corneum samples was assessed by comparison with the previously validated thermal desorption-mass spectrometry technique. The interest of proton NMR is that it can determine, in the same sample, both the amount of total water by recording the spectra at ambient temperature, and that of bound water (non-freezing water) by recording the spectra below 0 degrees C. Provided that enough samples of stratum corneum are analysed to average out the observed and well-known sample-to-sample variation, proton NMR may be of value in the evaluation of hygroscopic properties of raw materials for moisturizer formulations.

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Total knee arthroplasty does not restore the full range of motion of the knee. Retrospective clinical studies on knee kinematics suffer from multiple biases because the various parameters involved, that is, the posterior condylar offset, the tibial slope, and the condylar roll-back, are not individualized. The present study, based on the geometry of knee flexion, shows that a 3-mm decrease of the posterior condylar offset could reduce knee flexion by 10 degrees before the occurrence of tibiofemoral impingement.

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Synopsis A thermal desorption autosampler coupled to a mass spectrometer has been used to measure the in vitro water retention of human stratum corneum as a function of treatment applied. Samples were treated with ingredients possessing good hygroscopic properties which are used in the formulation of moisturizing creams. After being treated, stratum corneum samples were dried and rehydrated and then analysed.

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