Biomedical subjects
A Legout
Publications and source records attributed to A Legout.
[Microcomputer processing of medical records].
The necessity of computers becoming undeniable, authors have brought up the project of a program for management and treatment of medical files on a hospital word scale. Using a monoposte microcomputer, characterized by its simplicity, autonomy and low cost, this system is to be considered among the centralized multi-ramified systems, whose results as far as using the medical parameters are unsatisfactory.
[Proposal for a numerical prognostic evaluation in intracerebral hematoma].
From 300 cases of spontaneous intracerebral hematomas, 5 parameters are extracted they are: Age, sex, level of consciousness, localisation of hematomas and risk factors. A value, varying from 1 to 5 is attributed to each parameter, the sum of values give a score for each patient. This score allows the clinician to predict, within the early 48 hours, the vital prognosis. Survival chances are: 80% if score between 5 and 8; 60% if score between 9 and 13; 40% if score between 14 and 17; 20% if score equal or superior to 18.
[Vascularization of the ulnar nerve of the arm].
A review of 53 dissections associated with injections and radiographs was performed (by the authors) to specify the arteriovenous vascularization of the ulnar nerve of the arm. An arteriovenous pedicle is constantly to be found. The artery "collateralis ulnaris superior" arises from the inferior border of the "pectoralis major" at an average distance of 6,7 cm. The arterial depending vein most often directly rejoins the "vena brachialis" lower than "vena basilica" does, but usually more distally than the arterial emergence level. Thus constituted, the pedicle can be anastomosed, measuring generally more than 1 mm in diameter. The arterial distribution originates from an arcade parallel to the nerve from which arise some extremely fine ladderlike vessels. Finally, this pedicle vascularizes the whole brachial part of the nerve (roughly 23,6 cm).