Percutaneous osteosynthesis of acetabular fractures with quadrilateral plate involvement using an infra-pectineal plate through a new paramedial approach: Description of the technique using cadaveric specimens.

Unlabelled: Percutaneous osteosynthesis of acetabular fractures with quadrilateral plate involvement using an infra-pectineal plate through a new paramedial approach using cadaveric specimens.

Background: Intrapelvic approaches and infrapectineal plates have been used since the mid-nineties to solve Quadrilateral Plate osteosynthesis, with some problems in applying screws in the correct direction and difficulty in fracture reduction. We describe a minimally invasive paramedial approach and new ways to fix infrapectineal plates using one-step osteosynthesis (reduction and fixation).

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy associated with deletion mutation.

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD; OMIM #226670) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by neonatal blistering and later-onset muscle weakness.

Inhibition of bacillus Calmette-Guérin-induced nitric oxide in bladder tumor cells may improve BCG treatment.

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is considered to be one of the most effective treatments for superficial and in situ bladder cancer. However, either failure to respond initially or relapse within the first 5 years of treatment has been observed in some patients. As nitric oxide (NO) has been detected in the bladder of BCG-treated patients, we analyzed the role of endogenous NO generated after BCG treatments on human (T24) and murine (MB49 and MBT2) bladder tumor cells in the viability of tumor and immune cells, both in vitro and in vivo.