Ambulatory surgery centers: possible solution to improve cataract healthcare in medical deserts.

Purpose: To investigate the epidemiological impact of an ambulatory cataract surgery center providing a fast-track procedure without anesthetic evaluation on the access to cataract healthcare.

Setting: French nationwide study.

Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Clinical and economic outcomes of infective endocarditis.

Background: In France, the estimated annual incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) is 33.8 cases per million residents. Valvular surgery is frequently undergone.