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System, method and apparatus for retinal absorption phase and dark field imaging with oblique illumination

Christophe Moser, Timothé Laforest, Mathieu Künzi, Dino Carpentras

A method for imaging a tissue of an eye, the method including the steps of providing oblique illumination to the eye by a plurality of light emitting areas of a light delivery device, the plurality of light emitting areas being independently controllable a ...

2017

CMG2/ANTXR2 regulates extracellular collagen VI which accumulates in hyaline fibromatosis syndrome

Françoise Gisou van der Goot Grunberg, Laurence Gouzi Abrami, Béatrice Kunz, Alessandra Piersigilli, Julie Deuquet Ariosa, Jérôme Bürgi

Loss-of-function mutations in capillary morphogenesis gene 2 (CMG2/ANTXR2), a transmembrane surface protein, cause hyaline fibromatosis syndrome (HFS), a severe genetic disorder that is characterized by large subcutaneous nodules, gingival hypertrophy and ...

Springer Nature2017

Impact of the Femoral Head Position on Moment Arms in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Parametric Finite Element Study

Alexandre Terrier, Valérie Parvex

Background: Although the importance of accurate femoral reconstruction to achieve a good functional outcome is well documented, quantitative data on the effects of a displacement of the femoral center of rotation on moment arms are scarce. The purpose of t ...

Elsevier2016

Waddlia chondrophila induces systemic infection, organ pathology, and elicits Th1-associated humoral immunity in a murine model of genital infection

Alessandra Piersigilli, Joël Gyger, David Baud

Waddlia chondrophila is a known bovine abortigenic Ch/amydia-related bacterium that has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes in human. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding how W chondrophila infection spreads, its ability to elicit an ...

Frontiers Media Sa2015

Human muscular fetal cells: a potential cell source for muscular therapies

Dominique Pioletti, Corinne Scaletta, Nathalie Hirt-Burri

Myoblast transfer therapy has been extensively studied for a wide range of clinical applications, such as tissue engineering for muscular loss, cardiac surgery or Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy treatment. However, this approach has been hindered by numerous l ...

2008

Haptic interface design and control with application to surgery simulation

Ulrich Spälter

This thesis proposes a framework for haptic devices interacting with virtual environments. As application of the theoretical results a haptic device for the surgical training of hysteroscopy, a gynecologic intervention, is presented. Surgery simulators, wh ...

EPFL2006

Noncemented total hip arthroplasty: influence of extramedullary parameters on initial implant stability and on hone-implant interface stresses

Lalaonirina Rakotomanana Ravelonarivo, Pierre-François Leyvraz

Purpose of the study After total hip replacement, the initial stability of the cementless femoral stem is a prerequisite for ensuring bone ingrowth and therefore long term fixation of the stem. For custom made implants, long term success of the replacement ...

2000

Reduction of fibrous adhesion formation by a copolymer possessing an affinity for anionic surfaces

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell

Postsurgical adhesions represent a common complication following a variety of surgical procedures. We sought to develop and evaluate a water-soluble polymer that could self-assemble onto tissue surfaces, forming a barrier on the surface. A copolymer was sy ...

1998

Adhesion prevention with ancrod released via a tissue-adherent hydrogel

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell

The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the effect of ancrod, a fibrinogenolytic protease from Malayan pit viper venom, locally delivered through a photopolymerized biodegradable hydrogel in preventing postoperative adhesions. The experimental ...

1996

Local release of fibrinolytic agents for adhesion prevention

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell

Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA), and streptokinase were evaluated for their ability to reduce postsurgical adhesion formation in a rat uterine horn devascularization and serosal injury model in a blinded, randomize ...

1995

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