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  • * A study analyzed 12 patients, highlighting key signs like lack of response to antibiotics, symptom improvement after immunosuppressants, and concurrent immune-related issues, suggesting that this sinusitis is noninfectious.
  • * There is a need for more studies to determine how common this condition is and its potential impact on patients' outcomes when treated with ICIs.
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Microstructural changes in the median and ulnar nerve in people with and without diabetic neuropathy in their hands: A cross-sectional diffusion MRI study.

Eur J Radiol

December 2024

School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia; Amsterdam Movement Sciences - Program Musculoskeletal Health, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/michelcoppie.

Purpose: Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) has revealed microstructural changes in lower limb nerves in people with diabetic neuropathy. Microstructural changes in upper limb nerves using DWI in people with diabetes have not yet been explored.

Methods: This cross-sectional study aimed to quantify and compare the microstructure of the median and ulnar nerve in people without diabetes (n = 10), people with diabetes without distal symmetrical polyneuropathy (DSPN; n = 10), people with DSPN in the lower limbs only (DSPN ; n = 12), and people with DSPN in the upper and lower limbs (DSPN ; n = 9).

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Islet-after-kidney transplantation versus kidney alone in kidney transplant recipients with type 1 diabetes (KAIAK): a population-based target trial emulation in France.

Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol

October 2024

Translational Research Laboratory for Diabetes, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, University of Lille, Lille, France; Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, University of Lille, Lille, France. Electronic address:

Background: Islet transplantation has been associated with better metabolic control and quality of life than insulin treatment alone, but direct evidence of its effect on hard clinical endpoints is scarce. We aimed to assess the effect of islet transplantation on patient-graft survival in kidney transplant recipients with type 1 diabetes.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we enrolled all patients with type 1 diabetes who received a kidney graft in France during the study period, identified from the CRISTAL nationwide registry.

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Background And Purpose: Vasospasm is a common iatrogenic event during mechanical thrombectomy (MT). In such circumstances, intra-arterial nimodipine administration is occasionally considered. However, its use in the treatment of iatrogenic vasospasm during MT has been poorly studied.

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Background/objectives: The predictive factors of surgical results in uveitic retinal detachment (RD) are lacking. The objective was to study the surgical outcomes and determine the risk factors for surgical failure in rhegmatogenous RD associated with intraocular inflammation (RRDIOI).

Methods: Retrospective series of consecutive eyes with RRDIOI undergoing vitreoretinal surgery between 2012 and 2019 in two French referral centres.

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  • The study compared dinoprostone vaginal insert (PG) and cervical ripening balloon (CRB) for cervical ripening in women at term with an unfavorable cervix after initial PG treatment.
  • A total of 180 women were assessed, revealing that 93.3% achieved a favorable cervix or entered labor within 24 hours after the second device, with CRB showing a significantly higher success rate than repeated PG.
  • While vaginal delivery rates and neonatal morbidity were similar between the two groups, CRB was more effective in improving cervix status compared to repeated PG in the study population.
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Background: Dexmedetomidine is increasingly used for its ability to stabilise haemodynamic status during general anaesthesia. However, there is currently no data on paediatric kidney transplant recipients (pKTR). This study investigates the haemodynamic impact of dexmedetomidine administered perioperatively in pKTR.

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  • Mucormycosis, a severe fungal infection highlighted by the WHO, was studied in France from 2012 to 2022, revealing significant trends in epidemiology and mortality factors.
  • Out of 550 cases, key underlying conditions included hematological malignancies (65.1%), with pulmonary infections most common (52.4%) and substantial seasonal variations suggesting more cases in autumn.
  • The study linked the rise in PCR diagnostic methods to improved patient outcomes, highlighting that age, ICU diagnosis, and hematological malignancies increased mortality, while diagnosis after 2015 and surgical interventions decreased it.
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Evaluation of non-invasive biomarkers of kidney allograft rejection in a prospective multicenter unselected cohort study (EU-TRAIN).

Kidney Int

November 2024

Université Paris Cité, INSERM U970, Paris Institute for Transplantation and Organ Regeneration, Paris, France; Department of Kidney Transplantation, Saint-Louis Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. Electronic address:

Non-invasive biomarkers are promising tools for improving kidney allograft rejection monitoring, but their clinical adoption requires more evidence in specifically designed studies. To address this unmet need, we designed the EU-TRAIN study, a large prospective multicentric unselected cohort funded by the European Commission. Here, we included consecutive adult patients who received a kidney allograft in nine European transplant centers between November 2018 and June 2020.

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Background: The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the role of a history of periodontitis on implant failure. The two main judgment criteria studied are peri-implantitis and the survival rate. The two secondary judgment criteria studied are the mean pocket depth and the mean peri-implant bone loss.

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  • Prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) caused by Candida species are serious complications following joint replacement surgeries, with a study reviewing 269 cases between 2010 and 2021 to assess treatment outcomes.
  • The majority of infections occurred in older patients (average age 73), primarily in hips and knees, and most cases involved additional bacterial infections; roughly 58% achieved a cure at the two-year follow-up.
  • Treatment effectiveness varied significantly depending on the surgical method used, with poorer outcomes linked to the debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) approach and patients older than 70, while infections from Candida parapsilosis tended to have better outcomes.
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Data on the safety and efficiency of perventricular device closure of complex ventricular septal defects (VSDs) are scarce. We report successful one-stage combined hybrid perventricular and percutaneous closure of the muscular VSDs in a critically ill 4-kg infant, using the new multifunctional occluder.

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  • MRD monitoring is essential for managing blood cancers, and while traditional methods use specific molecular targets, new research identifies additional fusion transcripts as potential markers for MRD.
  • A study compared a focused RNA-seq method (FusionPlex) with a comprehensive RNA-seq approach (Advanta RNA-Seq XT) and found both methods had 100% agreement in detecting known fusions and good correlation in gene expression levels.
  • In a trial with 126 patients, the targeted RNA-seq identified fusion transcripts in nearly half of the cases, leading to the development of specialized digital PCR tests for rare fusions, suggesting a potential shift in MRD evaluation techniques.
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Introduction: Nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (NF-PanNET) ≤2 cm can be observed or resected. Surgery remains recommended for NF-PanNET >2 cm but its extent, enucleation (EN) versus formal resection, remains controversial.

Methods: Multicentric retrospective cohort of sporadic NF-PanNET patients treated with EN.

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  • End-stage renal disease poses challenges for lung transplant patients, leading to the consideration of combined kidney-lung transplantation (CKLT) and kidney after lung transplantation (KALT) as potential solutions.
  • A study reviewing outcomes of 26 patients showed that CKLT had a 30-day and 1-year survival rate of 75.6%, while no KALT patients died during follow-up, highlighting KALT's safety.
  • The study found that kidney graft functions were similar between both strategies, but CKLT's success is significantly impacted by post-lung transplant complications, emphasizing the need for careful consideration of transplant options.
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A calcified epithelial odontogenic tumor with extension to the maxillary, ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses.

J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg

August 2024

Department of Oral Surgery, Nantes University Hospital, 1 place Alexis Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France. Electronic address:

Calcified epithelial odontogenic tumor (CEOT) with extension to the maxillary, ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses is currently unreported. This extension poses a challenge for effective treatment, as CEOT is a benign neoplasm with contreversial potential aggressiveness. We report a case of CEOT that was previously misdiagnosed as an inverted papilloma.

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Secondary prevention of skin cancer consists in early detection of malignant lesions through patients' mole self-examination and medical examination. The objective of this study was to assess the self-reported  frequency of mole examination in a large, representative sample of the adult general population of 17 countries from all continents. Of a total of 17,001 participants, 4.

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Tafasitamab plus lenalidomide (TAFA-LEN) treatment relevance pre- or post-anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is debated. We analyzed patients with large B-cell lymphoma in the DESCAR-T registry treated with axi[1]cel or tisa-cel in ≥3rd line and TAFA-LEN before (n = 15, "TL-pre-CAR-T" set) or directly after (n = 52, "TL-post-CAR-T" set) CAR T-cell therapy. We compared TAFA-LEN v.

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Carbon-13-isotopomics and metabolomics of fatty acids from triacylglycerols: overcoming the limitations of GC-C-IRMS for short- and medium-acyl chains.

Anal Bioanal Chem

November 2024

CEISAM, Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modeling, Nantes University-CNRS UMR 6230, 2 Rue de La Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322, Nantes Cedex 3, France.

Carbon-13 isotopomics of triacylglycerol (TAG) fatty acids or free fatty acids in biological matrices holds considerable potential in food authentication, forensic investigations, metabolic studies, and medical research. However, challenges arise in the isotopic analysis of short- and medium-chain (C4 to C10) fatty acid methyl esters (SMCFAMEs) through gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS). The high volatility of these esters results in losses during their preparation, leading to isotopic fractionation.

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Purpose: For the first time in France, a randomised controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the impact of a nurse facilitator on family psychological symptoms. We sought to explore the implementation of the intervention, how it was experienced by clinicians, as well as the barriers and facilitators to implementing the change.

Methods: We conducted qualitative semi-structured interviews with intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians and facilitators involved in the trial.

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Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the indications and additional information provided by videourodynamic study (VUDS) over urodynamic studies (UDS) in men with spinal cord injury (SCI) and neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD). The secondary aim was to determine the added value of VUDS and its impact on bladder management.

Materials And Methods: Single-centre retrospective study of all men with SCI who underwent VUDS between 2011 and 2021.

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