5 results match your criteria: "Dupuytren University Hospital of Limoges[Affiliation]"

Objective: To assess recurrence according to the type of surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 ( MEN1 ) patients and to identify the risk factors for recurrence after the initial surgery.

Background: In MEN1 patients, pHPT is multiglandular, and the optimal extent of initial parathyroid resection influences the risk of recurrence.

Methods: MEN1 patients who underwent initial surgery for pHPT between 1990 and 2019 were included.

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Radiologic Evaluation Criteria for Chronic Subdural Hematomas: Recommendations for Clinical Trials.

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol

November 2022

From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiolog (R.M., M.B., J.F., U.Z., S.G.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Embolization of the middle meningeal artery has gained substantial interest as a therapy for chronic subdural hematomas. For the results of the currently running chronic subdural hematoma trials to inform clinical practice, sufficient accuracy and matching definitions are necessary. We summarized the current practice in chronic subdural hematoma evaluation and derived suggestions on reporting standards using the {Nested} Knowledge AutoLit living review platform.

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Undernutrition and obesity among elderly people living in two cities of developing countries: Prevalence and associated factors in the EDAC study.

Clin Nutr ESPEN

October 2017

INSERM UMR1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, School of Medicine of Limoges, Limoges, France; Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, CNRS FR 3503 GEIST, University of Limoges, Limoges, France; Nutrition Unit, Centre for Severe Obesity and Expert Centre for Home Parenteral Nutrition, Dupuytren University Hospital of Limoges, Limoges, France.

Background: Nutritional status among elderly people living in Sub-Saharan Africa is poorly studied, even though undernutrition and obesity are known to cause many complications and are risk factors for progression and death in several diseases. The aims of this study were to assess the nutritional status of the elderly in Central Africa and to study the factors associated with nutritional disorders (undernutrition and obesity).

Methods: Two cross-sectional population-based studies were carried out in the capitals of Central African Republic (CAR) and Republic of Congo (ROC) between 2008 and 2009.

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The detection and treatment of human African trypanosomiasis.

Res Rep Trop Med

June 2012

Polyclinic Marie-Louise Poto-Djembo, Pointe-Noire, Congo.

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by the injection of () or by , the tsetse fly. Three historical eras followed the exclusive clinical approach of the 19th century. At the turn of the century, the "initial research" era was initiated because of the dramatic spread of HAT throughout intertropical Africa, and scientists discovered the agent and its vector.

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