Medical semiotics in the telemedicine era: The birth of telesemiotics.

Background: Telemedicine and videoconferencing distance examination are new and growing swiftly. Distance alters the patient-physician diagnostic context interfering with the traditional methods used to collect and interpret medical signs, introducing new constraints and opportunities. This study is an early contribution to the exploration of the changes in medical semiotics introduced by telemedicine.

[Multidisciplinary oncopalliative meeting: Aims and pratical recommendations].

Progress leads to increase life duration at the metastatic stage but metastatic disease is most often lethal. Decision-making is necessary for an increasing period of care, beyond evidence-based medicine, dealing with complexity and uncertain benefit/risk ratio. This requires to inform the patient realistically, to discuss prognostication, to develop anticipated written preferences.

[Recurrent posterior traumatic luxation of the hip and anteversion defect of the femoral neck in adults. Apropos of a case, general review of the literature].

The recurrent traumatic posterior dislocation of the hip is exceptional. On the reported observation, an anteversion fault of the femoral neck was demonstrated. This deformity had already been pointed out in cases of simple traumatic dislocation.

[Treatment of humeral diaphyseal fractures in adults using centro-medullary pinning. Operative technic and indications].

The ascending intramedullary "pinning" technique is known for twenty-five years. Theoretically successful for the diaphyseal humeral fractures in adults, it appeared until now with some disadvantages which limited its use. By adding some modifications, the authors show that this technique is worthwhile in dislocation fractures in adults.