Less than 1.5cm shortening in clavicle midshaft fracture has long-term functional impact.

Introduction: Mediolateral shortening is a risk in treatment of clavicle shaft fracture, and can lead to scapular dyskinesis and shoulder dysfunction. Many studies advocated surgical treatment if shortening exceeds 15mm.

Hypothesis: Clavicle shaft shortening of less than 15mm has negative impact on shoulder function at more than 1 year's follow-up.

Pressure ulcers microbiota dynamics and wound evolution.

Bacterial species and their role in delaying the healing of pressure ulcers (PU) in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients have not been well described. This pilot study aimed to characterise the evolution of the cutaneous microbiota of PU in SCI cohort. Twenty-four patients with SCI from a French neurological rehabilitation centre were prospectively included.

[The use of virtual slides in the daily practice of a pathology laboratory].

Introduction: We describe a first experiment in routine use of a virtual slides system within a pathology practice whose technical facilities are not located on the same geographical site as pathologists.

Material And Methods: The samples to be analyzed were biopsies, tissues, and cytology preparations in liquid environment. They were processed through technical facilities using a slide scanner.

Interactions between liver allografts and lymphocytotoxic alloantibodies in inbred rats.

Several clinical and experimental findings suggest that liver allografts are less sensitive than other organ allografts to lymphocytotoxic antibodies. In this experimental study in hypersensitized inbred rat recipients, rejection of liver allografts was delayed compared to that of heart allografts. Furthermore, there was a marked decrease in the level of cytotoxic antibodies after liver allografting but not after heart allografting in these animals.

[Acute alcoholic hepatitis and death of cirrhotic patients].

Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) seems to be less frequent and to play a lesser role in the death of cirrhotic patients than previously acknowledged. The purpose of this work was: 1) to study the cause of death of cirrhotic patients 2) to determine the prevalence of AH among these patients and 3) to describe the clinical and laboratory features of cirrhotic patients with AH. The data were collected from a series of 107 necropsies in cirrhotic patients without hepatocellular carcinoma.