Geospatial assistive technologies: potential usability criteria identified from manual wheelchair users.

To advance knowledge of specific usability criteria for Geospatial Assistive Technologies (GATs) and manual wheelchair users, and to develop a profile and expectations for potential future users. A face-to-face cross-sectional study was conducted with 17 community-dwelling manual wheelchair users (aged 18-45 years) who use a mobile device. A semi-structured interview was conducted as follows: (1) four video clips presenting technologies related to GATs (applications on a smartphone or smart watch, augmented reality glasses, virtual reality helmet) were shown; (2) questions were asked about the perceived advantages and disadvantages of route planning prior to travel and navigation while receiving guidance in urban areas; and (3) an activity to rank fifteen defined usability criteria by importance was conducted.

Geospatial assistive technologies for wheelchair users: a scoping review of usability measures and criteria for mobile user interfaces and their potential applicability.

Wheelchair users are increasingly using route planners and navigation systems to help them get around the city. The absence of a list of usability criteria for wheelchair user-centred design and recommending geospatial assistive technologies creates uncertainty about the choices to be made by rehabilitation clinicians and geographic information systems specialists. The aim of this study was to compile such a list by identifying usability criteria from standardized questionnaires linked to user interfaces and geospatial assistive technologies (GATs).

International changes in end-of-life practices over time: a systematic review.

Background: End-of-life policies are hotly debated in many countries, with international evidence frequently used to support or oppose legal reforms. Existing reviews are limited by their focus on specific practices or selected jurisdictions. The objective is to review international time trends in end-of-life practices.

[Three types of brand name loyalty strategies set up by drug manufacturers].

The recent restructuring of the pharmaceutical industry has led to three new types of promotional strategies to build patient loyalty to brand name drugs: loyalty through rebates, patient support, and compassion programs. Loyalty through rebates seeks to keep patients on a brand name drug and prevent their switch to the generic equivalent. Loyalty through patient support provides aftersales services to help and support patients (by phone or home visits) in order to improve adherence to their treatments.

Comparing end-of-life practices in different policy contexts: a scoping review.

Objectives: End-of-life policy reforms are being debated in many countries. Research evidence is used to support different assumptions about the effects of public policies on end-of-life practices. It is however unclear whether reliable international practice comparisons can be conducted between different policy contexts.

[Neurogenic appendicitis. A case].

Laparoscopic procedures have changed the indications for appendectomy. Routine exeresis should not be performed if a normal organ is observed during an exploratory procedure, but should be in cases with clinical manifestations of right flank pain since neurogenic appendicitis is not rare. We report a recent case observed in a 76-year-old woman.

[Are there limits to conservative treatment of breast cancer?].

For nearly 40 years, a multidisciplinary team working in a private clinic has used a conservative approach to breast cancer for small tumours, i.e. T1-T2.

[Splenosis after splenic rupture: a disease to be recognized].

One case of peritoneal splenosis is reported. The diagnosis was established at surgery in a 17-year-old female patient presenting with dull abdominopelvic pain, who had undergone total splenectomy after a trauma ten years earlier. This autograft of splenic tissue must be known to be acknowledged, especially today, when the conservative treatment advocated for ruptures of the spleen may increase its incidence.

[Madelung's disease and lesions of the extensor tendons. A case report].

A case of incomplete rupture of the extensor tendon to the little finger is reported in a 64-year-old woman with an idiopathic Madelung's deformity which had been present since adolescence but had given rise to no problems. Surgical treatment by resection of the head of the ulna with fixation of the ulna to the radius gave a satisfactory result. Only two similar case reports of rupture of extensor tendons associated with Madelung's deformity have been published.

[Mesenchymatous tumor of the spermatic cord with late recurrence in the retroperitoneal space. Apropos of a case].

The reported case is characterized by the original tumor site as well as by the recurrence site; by the slowly evolutive nature of the lesion over nine years from the time of surgical tumor excision to relapse; and by histological variations raising a nosological problem. Our clinical, anatomopathological and therapeutical observations are based on the characteristics of the case as well as published data. We only traced 5 cases in the literature of spermatic cord tumors with retroperitoneal localization.

[Peritoneoectomy in the surgical treatment of advanced ovarian cancer. Stages III and IV].

Extirpation of so-called inoperable "over-run" stages III and IV ovarian cancer is possible. This exeresis is based on the essentially peritoneal extension of the disease and the use of a retroperitoneal dissection plane. The complex operation involves the total abdomen and includes exeresis of all the parietal peritoneum, a right and left colectomy and a posterior pelvectomy.

[Treatment of lateral eventrations by an aponeuroplasty method].

Lateral incisional hernias are not uncommon. Aponeuroplasty, which has already given excellent results in the repair of midline incisional hernias, is also suitable for transverse or oblique incisions. No complications have been observed, and the technique has been proved successful in our series of 22 cases.

Conservation treatment of early breast cancer: long term results and complications.

Results of radiation therapy following breast-conserving surgery were analyzed for 410 patients with clinical Stage I-II mammary carcinoma having a minimum and median follow-up time of 5 years and 11 years, respectively. Crude survival rates were 82.2% at 5 years, 62.

[Surgery of pilonidal cysts in dorsal decubitus].

All lesions located in the sacro-coccygeal region can be operated upon in supine position, which requires a lighter general anaesthesia.