Provisional national report on Belgian Universities Counselling Centers

Conference (1992, September 24)

Les provisions de professeur en arabe pour Antoine Galland, le 11 juin 1709

in Bauden, Frédéric; Waller, Richard (Eds.) Le Journal d'Antoine Galland (1646-1715). La période parisienne. Volume I (1708-1709) (2011)

Proximal fifth metatarsal diaphyseal stress fracture in football players

in Foot & Ankle Surgery (2005), 11(3), 135-141

The authors report their experience with operative treatment of 18 proximal fifth metatarsal stress fracture in 17 soccer players. Percutaneous intramedullary fixation with a 4.5 mm malleolar screw was ... [more ▼]

The authors report their experience with operative treatment of 18 proximal fifth metatarsal stress fracture in 17 soccer players. Percutaneous intramedullary fixation with a 4.5 mm malleolar screw was used in 11 patients (group 1) and open intramedullary screw fixation associated with autologous cancellous bone grafting in 7 other (group 2). The average follow-up was 3.1 years. Clinical and radiographic union was obtained in all cases. The average return to full sports practice was 12 weeks. Refracture occurred in three players in the first group at 4.5, 5.2 and 6.0 months after return to full sport activity. They underwent reoperation with screw exchange, curettage of the fracture site and autologous cancellous bone grafting. No case of refracture was reported in the second group. On the basis of this series, intramedullary screw fixation associated with autologous cancellous bone grafting seems to be a reasonable primary treatment in high level soccer players. [less ▲]

The proximate basis of adaptive micro-geographic variation in reproductive phenology in male and female Blue Tits

in Journal of Ornithology (2006, August), 147(5, Suppl. 1), 47-48

Le PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) peut-il favoriser la régénération tendineuse ?

in Annales de Réadaptation et de Médecine Physique (2009, October), 52(Sup. 1), 109-110

Introduction : Certaines tendinopathies (l’épicondylite, la tendinopathie rotulienne supérieure ou encore la tendinopathie d’Achille) demeurent rebelles malgré un traitement « classique » bien conduit ... [more ▼]

Introduction : Certaines tendinopathies (l’épicondylite, la tendinopathie rotulienne supérieure ou encore la tendinopathie d’Achille) demeurent rebelles malgré un traitement « classique » bien conduit : repos, orthèse, AINS, électrothérapie, kinésithérapie, infiltrations de corticoïdes, ondes de choc... Certains travaux, essentiellement in vitro, soulignent les potentialités réparatrices des plaquettes qui présentent la capacité d’accélérer la cicatrisation de différents tissus : os, muscles et tendons. Objectifs : Le but de notre étude préliminaire est d’objectiver l’effet « accélérateur » sur la réparation tendineuse suite à l’emploi d’injection de plasma enrichi en plaquettes (platelet-rich plasma ou PRP) car cette technique pourrait représenter une thérapeutique d’avenir en médecine physique et en traumatologie du sport. Méthodes : Nous avons sectionné et réalisé un défect de 5mm dans le tendon d’Achille de rats (N = 12). Quatre rats ont bénéficié d’une injection in loco de PRP et remis en liberté comme les autres dans leur cage. Trois rats (2 sans PRP et 1 avec PRP) sont euthanasiés à J5, J10, J20 et J30 et le tendon d’Achille en cours de régénération est disséqué et prélevé. Une étude biomécanique de traction jusqu’à rupture est réalisé à l’aide de « Cryo-jaw ». Résultats : L’analyse des résultats montre que la force développée pour obtenir la rupture tendineuse doit être plus importante pour les tendons ayant bénéficié d’une injection de PRP et ce dès J5. Discussion – Conclusion : Cette série préliminaire permet de montrer que les injections de PRP permettent une accélération de la cicatrisation tendineuse et une augmentation des valeurs de résistances à la traction. Une étude avec un plus grand nombre de sujets est en cours. [less ▲]

PS : baisse tendancielle ou conjoncturelle ?

in Revue Nouvelle (2009), (mai-juin), 10-12

PSA kinetics after external beam radiotherapy alone or combined with an iridium brachytherapy boost to deliver 85 grays to prostatic adenocarcinoma.

in Strahlentherapie und Onkologie (2001), 177(2), 90-5

PURPOSE: Increasing the dose to prostatic adenocarcinoma in conformal external beam therapy (EBT) has resulted in increased levels of PSA normalization and increased percentage of biochemical disease-free ... [more ▼]

PURPOSE: Increasing the dose to prostatic adenocarcinoma in conformal external beam therapy (EBT) has resulted in increased levels of PSA normalization and increased percentage of biochemical disease-free survival rates. However technical problems due to prostate motion inside the pelvis or patients' set-up make difficult the realization of the EBT boost fields above 72 Gy. Brachytherapy which overcomes these problems was investigated to deliver the boost dose to achieve 85 Gy. PSA nadir which has been identified as the strongest independent predictor of any failure in many studies has been used as the end point for early evaluation of this work. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a retrospective way we report on 163 patients' PSA kinetics after EBT alone to 68 Gy or EBT first and a brachytherapy boost up to 75 or 85 Gy. RESULTS: At 12 months follow-up, PSA nadirs percentage < or = 0.5 or < or = 1 ng/ml increased from 7.5 and 20.7% after 68 Gy EBT to 49.8 and 71.2% after a brachytherapy boost to deliver 85 Gy (p < 0.0001). In the Cox PH model analysis, the total dose remained the most important factor for predicting PSA normalization. CONCLUSIONS: These results are in accordance with the most recent results published after conformal EBT at the same 80 Gy level of dose. If confirmed on a higher number of patients they could place brachytherapy among the most accurate methods of boosting in the radiation treatment of prostatic carcinoma. [less ▲]

Pseudo-anévrysme de l'isthme aortique après correction chirurgicale de la coarctation aortique

in Revue Médicale de Liège (2008), 63(11), 666-70

Aortic pseudo-aneurysm is a well-known late complication after surgical repair of aortic coarctation. We report two cases of pseudo-aneurysm of the aortic isthmus evidenced after previous surgical repair ... [more ▼]

Aortic pseudo-aneurysm is a well-known late complication after surgical repair of aortic coarctation. We report two cases of pseudo-aneurysm of the aortic isthmus evidenced after previous surgical repair of congenital aortic coarctation. These clinical observations give us the opportunity to underline the importance of a specific lifelong medical follow-up for patients who have undergone such surgery. [less ▲]

Pseudo-articulations à col hyperbolique

Report (2013)

This report is devoted to the elastic response of hyperbolic notch hinges. Circular, elliptic and parabolic notch hinges have been treated in ealier reports. The adopted step is the same : firstly, for ... [more ▼]

This report is devoted to the elastic response of hyperbolic notch hinges. Circular, elliptic and parabolic notch hinges have been treated in ealier reports. The adopted step is the same : firstly, for each fundamental load case, the analytical solution is developed in the frame of the classical beam theory ; from this, the asymptotic solution for very narrow hinges is produced ; thirdly, a correction factor is defined, which relates the exact theory to the asymptotic one ; finally, and this is perhaps our main originality, simple but very fair approximations of these correction factors are presented. [less ▲]

Pseudo-Bartter syndrome in a pregnant mother and her fetus

in Pediatric Nephrology (2006), 21(7), 1037-1040

Pseudo-Bartter syndrome presents the same clinical and biological characteristics as Bartter syndrome but without primary renal tubule abnormalities. We relate the case of a premature baby presenting at ... [more ▼]

Pseudo-Bartter syndrome presents the same clinical and biological characteristics as Bartter syndrome but without primary renal tubule abnormalities. We relate the case of a premature baby presenting at birth with severe hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis associated with hyponatremia and hypochloremia. Maternal blood at the time of delivery showed the same electrolyte perturbations. The baby's mother had suffered from anorexia and vomiting during pregnancy. A few weeks after birth the baby's blood abnormalities had almost returned to normal. Chloride depletion is at the origin of both maternal and fetal hypokalemic alkalosis. [less ▲]