Biomedical subjects

J Loriau

Publications and source records attributed to J Loriau.

7 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2005

["Designer baby" changed to French for "double hope baby"].

Scientific advances during the last decades regarding potential intervention on embryos arouse many questions in society to prepare the ground concerning the limits that should be set for these practices. For the first time in 1994, a parliamentary proceeding allowed the definition of a French model of bioethics through laws of the same name. These laws, among others, authorized in a well and strictly defined setting the practice of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). Because of technical progress concerning PGD, new questions arose, especially concerning the accomplishment of designer babies. The French Chamber of Representatives came in with a new law that banishes the concept of designer babies and replaces it with another concept: double hope babies, in French "bébé du double espoir". A first hope of a pregnancy giving birth to a healthy child and the second being that this child conceived with the aid of PGD could help treat an elder brother. Because of the issuing of two specific laws in a ten years interval, France occupies a privileged place in a Europe where bioethical issues continue to be debated, particularly PGD.

Bioethics↗

PubMed2004

[Surgery and transfusion in Jehovah's witness patient. Medical legal review].

The religious convictions of the witnesses of Jehovah leads them to refuse transfusion of blood, of its major components and of blood sparing procedures breaking the physical contact between the patient and his blood. We recall the rules of good practice in case of elective surgery concerning exhaustive information of the patient within multidisciplinary team associating anesthetist and surgeon advised by the forensic pathologist. This consultation must, to our point of view, be concluded by a report which summarizes what is accepted or not by the patient. This report will be initialed by the patient. This consultation can never lead the physician to swear to never use a transfusion whatever the circumstances. In case of emergency if and only some conditions are met (everything was made to convince the patient, vital emergency, no therapeutic choice, therapeutic care adapted to the patient heath status), the physician can be brought to overpass the patient's will to not receive blood transfusion. Current jurisprudence has, to date, never recognized as faulty the physicians having practiced such transfusions whenever they took place within a precise framework.

Benchmarking↗

PubMed2003

[Umbilical hernias treatment by the "stamp mesh technique"].

We describe an original technique for umbilical hernia repair ("stamps mesh technique") during which no umbilical ring widening is carried out. A non-absorbable mesh is positioned in the preperitoneal space.

Hernia, Umbilical↗

PubMed2003

Postoperative bilateral vertebral artery dissection: a case report.

With the improvement of medical imaging and surgical techniques, surgery on cervical vertebral is more frequent. Some cases of complications of this type of surgery have been described. We report a case of postoperative bilateral vertebral artery dissection. It concerns a 58 year-old woman who suffered from a left cervico-brachial C6 neuralgia with paresthesiae of the thumb. She underwent discectomy at C5-C6 and C6-C7 followed by setting up intersomatic cages. In subsequent days, an irreversible coma developed. Supra-aortic echographic study revealed bilateral vertebral artery thrombosis. CT scan revealed ischemic lesions of the brain stem and cerebellum. Cerebral death was declared five days after the operation. Autopsy was performed to determine whether death was the consequence of the intervention. The cause of death was determined to be ischemic brain injury of the brain stem and cerebellum resulting from bilateral traumatic occlusion of the vertebral arteries caused by the surgery.

Journal Article↗

PubMed2002

[Laparoscopy: incisional hernias].

Post-laparoscopics incisionals hernias are among the serious complications of laparoscopy, however they are probably under-reported. We undertook a literature review to discuss their main characteristics. We emphasized on the need of controlled studies regarding their prevention measures.

Diagnosis, Differential↗

PubMed2002

[Management of umbilical hernia in cirrhotic patients].

The treatment of umbilical hernia in the setting of cirrhosis poses unique and specific management problems due to the pathophysiology of cirrhotic ascites. The high intra-abdominal pressures generated by ascites when applied to areas of parietal weakness are the cause of hernia formation and enlargement. Successful surgical treatment depends on minimization or elimination of ascites. Umbilical rupture and hernia strangulation are the most life-threatening complications of umbilical hernia with ascites and they demand urgent surgical intervention. In non-emergency situations, medical therapy to control ascites should precede hernia repair. When ascites is refractory to medical therapy, treatment will vary depending on whether transplantation is an option. In liver transplantation candidates, hernia repair can be performed at the end of the transplantation procedure. If transplanation is not envisaged, concomitant treatment of both ascites and hernia is best achieved by placement of a peritoneo-venous shunt at the time of the parietal repair.

Algorithms↗

PubMed2001

[Hematoma of the abdominal large right muscles: diagnosis and treatment].

Rectus sheath hematoma is an uncommon event, and exception post-trauma hematoma, affects predisposed patients. The typical clinical case combine abdominal pain, a palpable mass, and parietal eccymosis appearing when a patient under anticoagulant therapy coughs. Diagnosis is confirmed by abdominal ultrasonography or CT scan. Surgical treatment is indicated only in complicated forms.

Hematoma↗