Publications by authors named "S Touraine"
Objective: Cartilage and subchondral bone form a functional unit. Here, we aimed to examine the effect of meniscus coverage on the characteristics of this unit in knees of older individuals.
Methods: We assessed the hyaline cartilage, subchondral cortical plate (SCP), and subchondral trabecular bone in areas covered or uncovered by the meniscus from normal cadaver knees (without degeneration).
Cartilage morphology assessed by high resolution micro-computed tomography in non OA knees.
Osteoarthritis Cartilage
March 2016
Objective: At the microscopic level, there is no established 3D method to measure cartilage volume and thickness. An easy, precise and accurate volume and thickness measurements of human cartilage has been developed from micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) images.
Design: In the medial tibial plateau of twenty nine left cadaveric knees classified as normal, vertical cores (7 mm in diameter) were extracted in three locations: lateral (LAT), medial posterior (MP) and medial anterior (MA).
Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of percutaneous chemonucleolysis using ethanol gel (PCEG) in alleviating radicular pain due to disc herniation after failure of conservative treatment.
Materials And Methods: After failure of conservative treatment, PCEG was performed under fluoroscopic guidance in 42 patients with sciatica >4/10 on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for at least 6 weeks and consistent disc herniation on MRI or CT <3 months. The VAS pain score was determined at baseline, then after 1 and 3 months.
Purpose: To study the long-term evolution of the bone marrow burden (BMB) score at MRI in patients with Gaucher disease (GD) under enzyme replacement therapy (ERT).
Material And Methods: Forty patients treated for GD were retrospectively studied in a referral centre. BMB scores were assessed on spine and femur MR examinations performed between January 2003 and June 2014.