La Tunisie médicale
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La Tunisie médicale · Oct 2007
[Diagnosis and treatment of Brodie's abcess in adults: about twenty cases].
Brodie's abscess is a bone abscess described as a localized primary purulent collection with sclerotic wall. Since the first report of Sir Benjamin Brodie in 1832, many papers described different clinical and treatment aspects. Pathogeny and therapy still remain not clearly elucidated. ⋯ According to our study, we believe that surgical treatment based on total excision of the bone collection and the sclerotic wall is the best method of therapy. As a matter of fact, healing was obtained without grafting in all cases and in the long-term follow up, abscess disappeared without recurrence and fistulisation.
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La Tunisie médicale · Oct 2007
[Acute respiratory distress syndrome in infants at term and near term about 23 cases].
to precise the incidence of acute respiratory distress syndrome in infants at term and near term and the clinical characteristics of this disease not yet well recognised. ⋯ ARDS represents 6.8% of etiology of respiratory distress in infants at term and near term. Caesarean section before the onset of labour seems to be a triggering factor. The outcome seems to be favourable (rate of survival = 95.7%) if the management is suitable.