Lessons learned in the provision NCD primary care to Syrian refugee and host communities in Lebanon: the need to 'act locally and think globally'.

Background: Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remain inadequate in resource-scarce countries, particularly in conflict situations. This paper describes a multicomponent intervention for management of hypertension and diabetes among older adult Syrian refugees and the Lebanese host community and reflects on challenges for scaling up NCD integration into primary care in humanitarian situations.

Methods: Using a mixed method approach, the study focused on monitoring and evaluation of the three components of the intervention: healthcare physical facilities and documentation processes, provider knowledge and guideline-concordant performance, and refugee and host community awareness.

Toward multiple catheters detection in fluoroscopic image guided interventions.

Catheters are routinely inserted via vessels to cavities of the heart during fluoroscopic image guided interventions for electrophysiology (EP) procedures such as ablation. During such interventions, the catheter undergoes nonrigid deformation due to physician interaction, patient's breathing, and cardiac motions. EP clinical applications can benefit from fast and accurate automatic catheter tracking in the fluoroscopic images.

[Morbidity of iliac bone grafts. A study apropos of 100 consecutive cases].

A study of the real morbidity after iliac bone graft harvesting was conducted on a homogenous series of 100 consecutive cases. Functional and aesthetic consequences were evaluated in relation to the immediate post-operative course and the long-term follow-up and in relation to the indication, the technique used and the amount of bone removed. Considering the small number of sequelae observed, autogenous iliac bone graft remains the best material for craniomaxillofacial reconstruction.

[Expansion prostheses in restorative and esthetic surgery of the head].

The authors discuss the results of 29 cases of tissue expansion, using 40 expanders, at the head and neck level, in an attempt to achieve a constructive self-criticism. The results have been classified into excellent (18 over 28 cases), good (4/29), fair (3/29) and poor (4/29). Complications were those usually reported: pain, infection, wound dehiscence, reservoir failure.