[Catamenial hemothorax: Results of 11 operated cases].

Objective: To report our therapeutic approach toward catamenial hemothorax.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study from January 1994 to November 2018 concerned patients operated under general anesthesia for catamenial hemothorax. A posterolateral thoracotomy approach was implemented either directly or after primary videothoracoscopy.

Lateral Deformation of Human Red Blood Cells by Optical Tweezers.

In this paper, we studied the lateral deformation of human red blood cells (RBCs) during lateral indentation by an optically trapped silica bead with a diameter of 4.5 µm (Bangs Laboratories, Inc. Fishers, IN, USA).

[Pneumothorax catamenial: results of 18 cases operas].

This study aims to propose a therapeutic approach for catamenial pneumothorax based on outcomes reported in 18 cases. We conducted a retrospective study of 18 female elderly patients with an average age of 32.2 years who had undergone surgery for right (16 cases) and bilateral catamenial pneumothorax (2 cases) from January 1994 to December 2016.

New Detector Sensitivity Calibration and the Calculation of the Interaction Force between Particles Using an Optical Tweezer.

We propose a new approach to calculate the sensitivity factor of the detector in optical tweezers. In this work, we used a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera and a quadrant photodiode (QPD) for the extraction of the various positions occupied by the trapped object (in this case, silica beads of different diameters). Image-J software and the Boltzmann statistical method were then used to estimate the sensitivity of the detector.

Noncardiac thoracic surgery in Abidjan, from 1977 to 2015.

Background: To report and analyze noncardiac thoracic operations performed at the Cardiology Institute of Abidjan (Institut de Cardiologie d'Abidjan) from 1977 to 2015.

Methods: This is a retrospective and descriptive study covering 39 years, from 1977 to 2015. This study period was divided into three periods of 13 years each: P1 from 1977 to 1989, P2 from 1990 to 2002 and P3 from 2003 to 2015.