LED-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser system operating at 100 Hz based on a multipass amplifier.

The LED-pumping technology is used for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, to develop a complete master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system including a multipass amplifier. A pumping head using an original slab architecture is developed integrating a Cr:LiSAF slab pumped by 2112 blue LEDs via a Ce:YAG luminescent concentrator. The slab configuration enables the reaching of a large number of passes-up to 22-together with access to efficient cooling, allowing for a repetition rate scale up.

Are 3D ultrasound and office hysteroscopy useful for the assessment of uterine cavity after late foetal loss?

Objective: To assess the efficacy of office hysteroscopy and 3D ultrasound for the diagnostic of uterine anomalies after late foetal loss.

Method: This retrospective observational study took place in the gynaecologic unit of a teaching hospital from 2009 to 2014. Women with late foetal loss (<22 weeks of gestation) had an office hysteroscopy and 3D ultrasound within three months after delivery.

NAITRE study on the impact of conditional cash transfer on poor pregnancy outcomes in underprivileged women: protocol for a nationwide pragmatic cluster-randomised superiority clinical trial in France.

Introduction: Prenatal care is recommended during pregnancy to improve neonatal and maternal outcomes. Women of lower socioeconomic status (SES) are less compliant to recommended prenatal care and suffer a higher risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. Several attempts to encourage optimal pregnancy follow-up have shown controversial results, particularly in high-income countries.

[CAESAREAN DELIVERY: STANDARDIZING THE PRACTICES].

Caesarean delivery was performed in 20% of all deliveries in France in 2010 and this rate has remained unchanged during the last 10 years. Indications to perform this procedure are well defined, especially in case of scarred uterus, twin pregnancies, macrosomia or breech presentation. Surgical (haemorrhage, urinary or intestinal tract injury) and anaesthetic (hypotension after regional anaesthesia, difficult intubation and aspiration after general anaesthesia) complications may occur during the procedure.

[Management of women with a previous late fetal loss (14 to 22weeks of gestation)].

Objective: To provide guidelines concerning management after a late fetal pregnancy loss: etiological assessment, follow-up and therapeutic management for subsequent pregnancy.

Methods: French and English publications led to guidelines.

Results: In case of a previous late fetal loss, exploration of cavity has to be done (grade C), except hysterosalpingography, which is not recommended (grade A).