Clinical and electroencephalographic abnormalities during the full duration of a sporadic hemiplegic migraine attack.

Electroencephalographic (EEG) abnormalities have been reported during migraine attacks but their spatial and temporal distributions are not well known. We report the temporospatial dynamics of EEG during the full duration of a migraine attack with aura in a 19-year-old woman. She experienced episodes of hemiplegic migraine since the age of 2.

Adjuvant I-131 Lipiodol After Resection or Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Background And Objectives: High rates of recurrence have been observed after curative treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The main aim of this study was to establish the influence of adjuvant transarterial radioembolization-based I-131 lipiodol on survival and recurrence.

Methods: Between 2004 and 2010, 38 patients were treated with adjuvant I-131 lipiodol therapy, at a dosage of 2220 MBq, within 4 months after surgery.

Magnetization transfer ratio for the assessment of perianal fistula activity in Crohn's disease.

Objectives: Assessment of perianal fistulas is important to guide management of Crohn's disease (CD). Our objectives were to analyze the feasibility of magnetization transfer (MT) imaging to assess fistulas and to evaluate its contribution in assessing disease activity.

Methods: During 15 months, all patients referred for perianal fistulas in CD underwent 3T-MRI including diffusion, T2/T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced sequences and MT sequences (one with an off-resonance saturation pulse of 800 and one with 1200 Hz).

Computed tomography-based virtual colonoscopy in the assessment of bowel endometriosis: The surgeon's point of view.

Objective: To discuss the role of computed tomography-based virtual colonoscopy (CTC) in preoperative assessment of bowel endometriosis.

Methods: Retrospective study using data prospectively recorded, including 127 patients with colorectal endometriosis, having undergone CTC for bowel endometriosis. The study was conducted in a tertiary referral center during 38 consecutive months.

Multiple nodule removal in multifocal colorectal endometriosis instead of "en bloc" large colorectal resection.

Surgical management of colorectal endometriosis follows the principles of two main philosophies or approaches: radical and conservative. The radical approach has recently been recommended in multifocal colorectal endometriosis, which frequently concerns patients with rectal nodules. However, an alternative conservative management could employ selective retrieval of macroscopic colorectal deep endometriosis nodules by bowel shaving and disc excision, with preservation of the mesorectum.

Effect of Availability of Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement on Clinical Practice.

Background: Since the adoption of transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), questions have been raised about its effect on clinical practice in comparison with the effect of surgical aortic-valve replacement, which is considered the current standard of care. Complete nationwide data are useful in examining how the introduction of a new technique influences previous clinical standards.

Methods: We analyzed data on characteristics of patients and in-hospital outcomes for all isolated TAVR and surgical aortic-valve replacement procedures performed in Germany from 2007 to 2013.

Criteria Used in Clinical Practice to Guide Immunosuppressive Treatment in Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.

Background & Aims: Current guidelines recommend immunosuppressive treatment (IT) in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and elevated aminotransferase levels more than five times the upper limit of normal and elevated serum IgG-levels above twice the upper limit of normal. Since there is no evidence to support this recommendation, we aimed to assess the criteria that guided clinicians in clinical practice to initiate IT in patients with previously diagnosed PSC.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 196 PSC patients from seven German hepatology centers, of whom 36 patients had received IT solely for their liver disease during the course of PSC.

Use of Intercostal Flap for Conservative Surgical Management of Complex Lower Esophageal Fistula.

Lower esophageal fistula is a rare complication after upper digestive tract surgery, but it is associated with high morbi-mortality. There is no consensus on therapeutic care, however when reoperation is necessary, a pedicled inter-costal flap from the thoracotomy can be easily harvested to patch a large defect or buttress a direct suture, saving -digestive reconstruction. This technique should be mastered by thoracic and general surgeons.

Pharmacokinetic study of metopimazine by oral route in children.

Metopimazine (MPZ) is an antiemetic considered as a currently used drug. In France, it has become the leading antiemetic mediator due to its good tolerance, however, its pharmacokinetics has never previously been studied in children. MPZ was administered by oral route to 8 children with a single dose of 0.

False positive aortic dissection on postmortem computed tomography.

Unlabelled: Post-mortem CT-scan (PMCT) has become increasingly useful as a diagnostic tool. However, certain normal postmortem changes may mimic the appearance of pathologic findings. We report two cases of false positive aortic dissection.

A difficult decision: what should we do when malignant tumours are diagnosed in patients supported by left ventricular assist devices?

Objectives: Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are used as a bridge to heart transplantation. During the preimplantation or pretransplantation screening, malignant tumours can be discovered. Owing to the lack of guidelines, the management is difficult.

Lung salvage by pulmonary arterioplasty after vascular injury during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical right upper lobectomy.

Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgical (VATS) lobectomy is now considered feasible and safe. Nevertheless, thoracic surgeons need to be aware of dramatic complications that may occur during this procedure and how best to manage them. We report the case of a severe tear of the right pulmonary artery (PA) during elective VATS upper lobectomy, leading to emergency conversion to control the bleeding.

Colorectal endometriosis and pregnancy wish: why doing primary surgery.

One of the most interesting debates surrounding deep endometriosis concerns the management of patients with colorectal lesions and pregnancy intention, for which no strong first level of evidence data exists to recommend performing surgical excision of colorectal endometriosis or ART. Studies assessing the policy of primary IVF have recorded pregnancy rates inferior to 45% and estimated cumulative pregnancy rates after up to 3 cycles or IVF as high as 68%. Other authors have reported pregnancy rates over 60% in patients undergoing primary surgery for colorectal endometriosis, with spontaneous conception representing up to 60% of pregnancies.

Neurological form of Erdheim-Chester disease : Case report and review of the literature.

Objective: Report an unusual presentation of Erdheim-Chester disease revealed by a severe hypothalamic syndrome due to a hypothalamic infiltration and a review of the literature.

Methods: A 28-year-old man was admitted for a previous three-month history of asthenia, weight loss, and polyuria-polydipsia. Magnetic resonance imaging on gadolinium T1-weighted sequence revealed a contrast-enhancing hypothalamic mass extending to the floor of the fourth ventricle.

Viral etiology of respiratory tract infections in children at the pediatric hospital in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).

Background: Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children in Africa. The circulation of viruses classically implicated in ARIs is poorly known in Burkina Faso. The aim of this study was to identify the respiratory viruses present in children admitted to or consulting at the pediatric hospital in Ouagadougou.

Systematic review of endometriosis pain assessment: how to choose a scale?

Background: Numerous studies concerning endometriosis and pain have been reported. However, there is no consensus on the best method to evaluate pain in endometriosis and many scales have been used. Moreover, there are only a few descriptions of minimal clinically important differences after treatment (MCID) to evaluate variations in pain.

Disopyramide and mianserin intoxication: a unique fatal case--review of the literature.

Lethal occurrence is exceptional after disopyramide or mianserin poisoning. A case of intentional lethal intoxication with these drugs was reported, as well as a review of the literature. Pre- and postmortem blood concentrations of disopyramide or mianserin were assessed in a woman who died from acute cardiac failure after ingestion.

The two-year outcome of the I-Stop TOMS™ transobturator sling in the treatment of male stress urinary incontinence in a single centre and prediction of outcome.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to present the results of the 2 year outcome of I-Stop TOMS™ transobturator sling for post-prostatectomy (UIPP) minor to moderate male urinary incontinence treatment.

Materials And Methods: A prospective, single center study, including 26 patients with minor to moderate IUPP and operated on using a suburethral sling (MS) TOMS™ (four arms) was performed. UIPP assessment was made preoperatively and 1 year postoperatively, using validated questionnaires (SF36 and ICIQ), number of pads daily, and the 24 hours Pad-test (LPT).