Meniscal-wall ultrasound-guided steroid infiltration for degenerative meniscal lesions (DML) shows low rate of conversion to surgery.

Introduction: Degenerative meniscal lesions (DML) are frequent in the general population. However, the management of stable DML is always a challenge due to the lack of universal consensus and evidence.

Hypothesis: We assessed ultrasound-guided corticosteroids medial meniscal-wall infiltration as a conservative therapy for symptomatic DML and we searched for associated factors of very good response.

Psoriasis and sexuality: Patients express their feelings.

Background: In France, psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. For several years now, particular attention has been given to the quality of life (Qol) of psoriasis patients. Sexual dysfunction (SD) defined as not wanting or enjoying sexual experience is an important component of Qol.

Rituximab Therapy for Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid: A Retrospective Monocentric Study With Long-Term Follow-Up in 109 Patients.

Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is a heterogeneous group of rare, chronic, subepithelial autoimmune blistering diseases (AIBDs) with predominant involvement of mucous membranes that can be sight-threatening and life-threatening. Rituximab (RTX) has demonstrated its efficacy in severe MMP refractory to conventional immunosuppressants in small series that differed in RTX scheme, concomitant therapies, and outcome definitions. In a meta-analysis involving 112 patients with MMP treated with RTX, complete remission (CR) was reported in 70.

Femoral Positioning of the Anterolateral Ligament Graft With and Without Ultrasound Location of the Lateral Epicondyle.

Background: In anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with anterolateral ligament (ALL) reconstruction, precise positioning of the ALL graft on the femur and tibia is key to achieve rotational control. The lateral femoral epicondyle is often used as a reference point for positioning of the ALL graft and can be located by palpation or with ultrasound guidance.

Purpose: To compare the ALL graft positioning on the femoral side between an ultrasound-guided technique and a palpation technique for the location of the lateral epicondyle.

Assessment of the Accuracy of Using Codes to Identify Systemic Sclerosis.

Importance: With the increased use of data from electronic medical records for research, it is important to validate in-patient electronic health records/hospital electronic health records for specific diseases identification using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision () codes.

Objective: To assess the accuracy of using codes to identify systemic sclerosis (SSc) in the French hospital database.

Design Setting And Participants: Electronic health record database analysis.

Responsiveness of kinematic and clinical measures of upper-limb motor function after stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Kinematic analysis and clinical outcome measures with established responsiveness contribute to the quantified assessment of upper-limb function post-stroke, the selection of interventions and the differentiation of motor recovery patterns.

Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to report trends in use and compare the responsiveness of kinematic and clinical measures in studies measuring the effectiveness of constraint-induced movement, trunk restraint and bilateral arm therapies for upper-limb function after stroke.

Methods: In this systematic review, randomised controlled trials implementing kinematic analysis and clinical outcome measures to evaluate the effects of therapies in post-stroke adults were eligible.

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Outcomes for Quadriceps Tendon Autograft Versus Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone and Hamstring-Tendon Autografts.

Background: Comprehensive studies evaluating quadriceps tendon (QT) autograft for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction are lacking. The optimal choice of graft between bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB), hamstring tendon (HT), and QT is still debatable.

Hypothesis: The current literature supports the use of QT as a strong autograft with good outcomes when used in ACL reconstruction.

The relapsing polychondritis damage index (RPDAM): Development of a disease-specific damage score for relapsing polychondritis.

Objectives: Relapsing polychondritis is a rare, multi-systemic and inflammatory condition of unknown origin. We currently lack a core set of measures to assess and follow damage in patients suffering from this condition. Our primary aim was to derive a disease-specific damage measuring tool for relapsing polychondritis, the Relapsing Polychondritis Damage Index (RPDAM).

Expectations and boundaries for Big Data approaches in social medicine.

It seems no longer possible to produce knowledge, even biological knowledge regardless of social, cultural and economic environments in which they were observed. Therefore never the term "social medicine" or more generally "social biology" has appeared more appropriate. This way of linking the social and the biological exceeds the sole social medicine by involving also other medical disciplines.

Validation of an algorithm identifying incident primary immune thrombocytopenia in the French national health insurance database.

Objectives: To evaluate the accuracy of an algorithm identifying newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) patients in the French national health insurance database (SNIIRAM).

Methods: The source of data was the SNIIRAM of Midi-Pyrenees region (southwest of France, three million inhabitants). Data of patients with at least one ITP code (D69.

Increased mortality risk in diabetic patients discharged from hospital with insulin therapy after an acute myocardial infarction: Data from the FAST-MI 2005 registry.

Background: Merits of insulin use for diabetes treatment in patients with advanced atherosclerosis are debated. This observational study conducted in diabetic patients after an acute myocardial infarction aimed to assess whether insulin prescription at discharge (IPD) was related to all-cause mortality during follow-up.

Methods: Subjects were diabetic patients admitted in intensive- or coronary-care units for acute myocardial infarction (consecutively recruited in 223 centres in France) and discharged alive from the hospital, with or without an IPD.

Infections Revealing Complement Deficiency in Adults: A French Nationwide Study Enrolling 41 Patients.

Complement system is a part of innate immunity, its main function is to protect human from bacterial infection. As genetic disorders, complement deficiencies are often diagnosed in pediatric population. However, complement deficiencies can also be revealed in adults but have been poorly investigated.

Risk of thrombosis in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia and antiphospholipid antibodies: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are common in ITP, but their role for the occurrence of ITP-related thrombosis is controversial. We performed a systematic review and a meta-analysis to investigate the risk of thrombosis associated with lupus anticoagulant (LA), anticardiolipin (aCL) and anti-β2GP-I antibodies in primary ITP. The literature search was run on Medline, Cochrane and ISI Web of Science from January 1st 1980 to December 31st 2014.