Publications by authors named "Philippe Vaysse"
Background: During cruises, the management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections poses serious organizational problems such as those encountered in 2020 by the Zaandam, the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle or the Diamond Princess. In French Polynesia, the mixed cargo ship Aranui 5 transports both tourists and freight to the Marquesas Islands. The purpose of this article is to show how COVID-19 infections were diagnosed and contained before and after passengers boarded a cruise.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/purpose: The aims of this study were to evaluate survival and ovarian prognosis in patients treated for ovarian germ cell tumor (OGCT) and to propose a decision-making protocol.
Methods: Charts of girls operated on for OGCT from 1976 up to 2009 were reviewed retrospectively. Tumor characteristics were assessed by tumor markers, imaging, and pathology.
Background/purpose: Ovarian torsion in childhood and adolescence is a rare entity. Traditionally, treatment is oophorectomy. The aim of this study was to evaluate ovarian outcome and to propose a decision-making protocol for suspected ovarian torsion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/purpose: Fetal ovarian cysts are frequently complicated by intracystic hemorrhage without associated clinical signs, which is often secondary to ovarian torsion leading to loss of the ovary. The aim of this study was to evaluate ovarian outcome and the place of prenatal management and surgery in the first few days of life in order to save the ovary.
Methods: Between January 1987 and June 2006, 82 fetal ovarian cysts in 79 patients were managed and clinically and ultrasonographically followed up for several months (median, 11 months; range, 6 months to 10 years) in all of the cases where the ovary was not removed.
Ulcerative esophagitis: a complication of a self-expanding metal-stent in a child.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
February 2006