'Mini DC-F' in rhinoplasty: Diced cartilage and fascia grafts with the temporalis fascia dissected along its width - A technical note.

In rhinoplasty, diced cartilage with fascia (DC-F) is a commonly used technique to enhance dorsal projection and achieve a smooth dorsum. We have developed a modified technique by dissecting the thickness of the fascia along its width, called "Mini DC-F". This method allows for effective camouflaging of dorsal irregularities and provides a slight increase in dorsal height.

Return to Sport and Duty in French Military Personnel After Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy.

Introduction: Medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (MOWHTO) is a surgical option for medial femorotibial osteoarthritis, which preserves articular cartilage by correcting the extra-articular deformities of the lower limbs that cause osteoarthritis. This is an increasingly popular treatment in a population with high functional demand, such as the French military population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of return to work and military activities at 6 months postsurgery and at last follow-up in this military population following MOWHTO.

Individual Changes in Respiratory Compliance Upon Immersion May Predict Susceptibility to Immersion Pulmonary Edema.

Background: Immersion pulmonary edema (IPE) is a frequent diving accident, and it is the primary cause of hospitalization for young military divers during training. The objective of this study was to identify immersion-induced parameters predicting individual susceptibility to IPE.

Methods: Eighteen experienced male divers having completed at least 100 dives were recruited.

Neurosurgical Consultation Referral from the Forces: Regarding 328 Patients Referred to the Department of Neurosurgery, Sainte Anne Military Hospital, France.

Introduction: There are little data regarding elective referral to the military specialist, especially considering common pathologies such as spinal diseases, which, in the French forces, involve military neurosurgeons. An overview of the management of the military patient referred to neurosurgery consultation, especially considering spinal diseases that both constitute an operational healthissue in the forces and appear of special interest. The objective was to describe the reasons, demographics, and care pathways, addressed to the neurosurgeon.

Relevance of a Simulation Model to Microvascular Surgery for Military Surgical Residents.

Introduction: Microsurgical training is an asset for deployed military orthopaedic surgeons who frequently treat hand or nerve injuries in the field. The objective of this study was to evaluate a microvascular surgery simulation model intended to prepare residents prior to their enrolment in conventional microsurgery degree training.

Methods: An experimental study was conducted to evaluate technical progress and satisfaction of military surgical residents using a model based on Japanese noodles with four tests of increasing difficulty.

Emergency Cranial Surgeries Without the Support of a Neurosurgeon: Experience of the French Military Surgeons.

Introduction: Unlike orthopedic or visceral surgeons, French military neurosurgeons are not permanently deployed on the conflict zone. Thus, craniocerebral war casualties are often managed by general surgeons in the mobile field surgical team. The objective of the study was to provide the feedback of French military surgeons who operated on craniocerebral injuries during their deployment in a role 2 surgical hospital without a neurosurgeon.

Evaluation of follow-up and long-term outcomes of gunshot and stab wounds in a French civilian population.

Purpose: The data concerning long-term follow-up and outcomes of penetrating trauma are poorly detailed in the literature. The main objective of our study was to analyze the hospital and extra-hospital follow-up of penetrating trauma victims and to evaluate the late complications and long-term consequences of these traumas.

Methods: This work was a retrospective longitudinal monocentric observational study conducted at Laveran Military Hospital, from January 2007 to January 2017.

Acute Myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination: A case report.

Introduction: The etiology of myocarditis often remains undetermined. A large variety of infectious agents, systemic diseases, drugs, and toxins can cause the disease. We report the case of a 19-year-old man who developed myocarditis three days after Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccination.

Tactical tourniquet: Surgical management must be within 3 hours.

Despite longstanding controversy, tourniquets are widely used in tactical combat casualty care, with undisputed benefits for recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Increased time delays are a particular issue in large areas, such as the Sahel-Saharan band. Complications associated with tourniquet use are predominantly related to acute ischemia with risk of amputation and ischaemia-reperfusion injury, as shown in the first clinical case.

The 7th French Airborne Forward Surgical Team experience of surgical support to the population of a low-income country: a prospective study on 341 patients with short-term follow-up.

Background: The 7th Airborne Forward Surgical Team (FST) has deployed to Chad in 2015 and 2016, in support of French military forces. Humanitarian surgical care is known to represent a significant part of the surgical activity in such missions, but to date limited data have been published on the subject.

Methods: All surgical patients from a civilian host population treated by the FST during these missions have been prospectively included.

Digital replantation in forward surgical units: a cases study.

Introduction: Noncombat-related hand injuries are common in current theatres of operations. Crushing is one of the most frequent mechanisms that may cause traumatic amputations of digits. In the military setting, management of these digital amputations is challenging regarding limitation in microsurgical means in medical treatment facilities and aeromedical evacuation delays out of the combat zone.

Feasibility and limits of inguinal hernia repair under local anaesthesia in a limited resource environment: a prospective controlled study.

Purpose: Local anaesthesia (LA) has proven effective for inguinal hernia repair in developed countries. Hernias in low to middle income countries represent a different issue. The aim of this study was to analyse the feasibility of LA for African hernia repairs in a limited resource environment.

Combat casualties from two current conflicts with the Seventh French Forward Surgical Team in Mali and Central African Republic in 2014.

Objectives: The Seventh Airborne Forward Surgical Team (FST) has been deployed in Gao, Mali, and in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), for two 3-month periods in 2014. The initial role of the FST was to provide emergent care to French and coalition soldiers but it was expanded to include humanitarian assistance. The aim of the present study was to describe and compare injuries and surgical activity of the Seventh Airborne FST during these two conflicts.

Management of the complications of traditional bone setting for upper extremity fractures: the experiences of a French Forward Surgical Team in Chad.

The practice of traditional bone setting (TBS) in sub-Saharan Africa often leads to severe complications after upper extremity fracture. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the management of these complications by a French Forward Surgical Team deployed in Chad. An observational, prospective study was conducted over a six-month period between 2010 and 2011.

Anthropometric characterization of the child liver.

Purpose: The major purpose of this retrospective study on 25 CT scans of child liver aged from 2 to 13 years was to investigate the growth, morphologic variations and modifications of the liver position as a function of the children age. The objective was to characterize the 3D geometry of the child liver, which is still unknown.

Methods: 3D reconstruction of child liver was performed using the Mimics(®) software.

Efficacy of antimalarial chemoprophylaxis for travelers.

Nine of 26 French tourists developed malaria after a 2-week stay under field conditions in a highly endemic place in Burkina Faso. A study of their preventive antimalarial measures identified a strong association of malaria attack with absence or inadequacy of chemoprophylaxis but not with mechanic measures.