Neurosurgery in a Pacific archipelago: how to provide optimal care. Experience of the opening of a first-line neurosurgery department.

Introduction: In the beginning of November 2023, the authors launched a neurosurgery department in Nouméa, New Caledonia. Emergency cranial surgeries are performed by orthopedic surgeons. All other cases are transferred to Australia or mainland France.

Caudal vertebra rat free flap in the groin: A preliminary study of a new combined osteocutaneous flap model.

Introduction: Murins were used for microsurgical training but in the literature, only a few papers reported about murin combination of flaps and fewer about osteocutaneous ones. We proposed a rat model of a combined osteocutaneous flap in which the pedicle axis is intentionally lengthened.

Technical Note: From June to August 2020, one corpse and eight living Albinos Wistar rats were dissected.

Upper end of the central canal of the human spinal cord: Quantitative anatomical study and 3D modeling.

The upper end of the central canal of the human spinal cord has been repeatedly implicated in the pathogenesis of various diseases, yet its precise normal position in the medulla oblongata and upper cervical spinal cord remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to describe the anatomy of the upper end of the central canal with quantitative measurements and a three-dimensional (3D) model. Seven formalin-embalmed human brainstems were included, and the central canal was identified in serial axial histological sections using epithelial membrane antigen antibody staining.

Quality and stability of reduction of operated acromioclavicular dislocation using dual acromioclavicular and coracoclavicular stabilization.

Introduction: Dual stabilization is advocated in acute acromioclavicular dislocation (ACD), but has been little assessed.

Objective: This preliminary study performed clinical and radiological assessment of dual acromioclavicular (AC) and coracoclavicular (CC) stabilization in acute ACD. The study hypothesis was that dual stabilization allows satisfactory reduction that remains stable over time.

Effect of microorganisms isolated by preoperative osseous sampling on surgical site infection after autologous cranioplasty: A single-center experience.

Purpose: The most frequent postoperative complication in autologous cranioplasty (AC) is infection. European recommendations include osseous sampling before cryogenic storage of a bone flap. We evaluated the clinical impact of this sampling.