Early impact of agropastoral activities and climate on the littoral landscape of Corsica since mid-Holocene.

A multidisciplinary study (geomorphology, sedimentology and palynology) shows that the landscapes of the southwest coast of Corsica have been deeply modified by humans and the climate since 3000 BC. Significant and rapid landscape transformations are recorded between the Chalcolithic and the Middle Bronze Ages (3000-1300 BC). Several major (2.

Evaluation of patients with Alzheimer's disease before and after dental treatment.

Oral infections may play a role in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Objective To describe the orofacial pain, dental characteristics and associated factors in patients with Alzheimer's Disease that underwent dental treatment. Method 29 patients with mild AD diagnosed by a neurologist were included.

[Necrotizing soft tissue infections: role of the localization for the antibiotic management].

Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTI) are infrequent but life-threatening, and require prompt empirical antibiotic therapy. Current nosologic classifications have limited value because the criteria used are imprecise and their bacteriological specificity is uncertain. The aim of this study was to describe the bacterial flora and its antibiotic sensitivity in a cohort of patients with NSTI, and to derive guidelines for the choice of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Short-term functional outcome following elective surgery for complicated sigmoid diverticular disease: sutured or stapled end-to-end anastomosis to the proximal rectum?

Objective: The aim of this retrospective non-randomized study was to evaluate the short-term functional outcome following elective resectional surgery for complicated sigmoid diverticular disease, and to compare results of patients having hand-sewn or stapled end-to-end colonic anastomosis to the proximal rectum.

Patients And Methods: Between 1983 and 1995, of 182 consecutive patients referred to our Institution for surgical treatment of complicated sigmoid diverticular disease, 137 underwent elective left hemicolectomy with primary colonic anastomosis to the proximal rectum, at a level above the peritoneal reflection. Twenty-one patients were excluded from the study because of a covering stoma (n=15), or a side-to-end (n=5) or side-to-side (n=1) anastomosis.