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Papers by A. de Buys Roessingh

Annals of burns and fire disasters, 2016

Application of cell therapies in burn care started in the early 80s in specialized hospital cente... more Application of cell therapies in burn care started in the early 80s in specialized hospital centers world-wide. Since 2007, cell therapies have been considered as "Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products" (ATMP), so classified by European Directives along with associated Regulations by the European Parliament. Consequently, regulatory changes have transformed the standard linear clinical care pathway into a more complex one. It is important to ensure the safety of cellular therapies used for burn patients and to standardize as much as possible the cell sources and products developed using cell culture procedures. However, we can definitely affirm that concentrating the bulk of energy and resources on the implementation of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) alone will have a major negative impact on the care of severely burned patients world-wide. Developing fully accredited infrastructures and training personnel (required by the new directives), along with obtaining approval fo...

Archives de Pédiatrie, 2010

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Revue médicale suisse, Jan 11, 2012

Several preliminary studies suggest that prophylactic administration of probiotics reduces the in... more Several preliminary studies suggest that prophylactic administration of probiotics reduces the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm infants, and several neonatology units have introduced this treatment under strict surveillance. Nonetheless, breast milk feeding remains the mainstay of NEC prevention. The beta-blocker propranolol, known for its effectiveness on cutaneous hemangiomas, is also proving useful for the treatment of subglottic or visceral hemangiomas. Following the decrease in severe bacterial infections thanks to widespread vaccinations, the McCarthy clinical score has regained importance in the prediction of the risk of bacterial infection in febrile infants. It is easy to use, economical, and has a diagnostic value comparable to laboratory tests. The new WHO growth charts have been introduced in Switzerland in 2011 to take into account the increasing regional and ethnic variations in our country. Any significant change in growth velocity should prompt...

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Revue médicale suisse, Jan 18, 2009

A cleft can be labial, labial-maxillary, unilateral or bilateral labial-maxillary-palatal, or iso... more A cleft can be labial, labial-maxillary, unilateral or bilateral labial-maxillary-palatal, or isolated palatal. A multidisciplinary team includes several specialists who will handle the diverse problems of children born with a cleft. This team will follow the child through each developmental stage and assemble an optimal treatment plan, thus reducing the onus on the family. Depending on the type of cleft and the age of the child, feeding, speech, ORL, dental, orthodontic, esthetic and possibly also psychological problems will be taken care of. This is why cleft treatment starts at the time it is diagnosed, before or after birth, and ends when the child is fully grown. It requires a complete interdisciplinary team and the collaboration with obstetricians and geneticians.

$Research paper thumbnail of Open or closed pinning for distal humerus fractures in children?$

Swiss surgery = Schweizer Chirurgie = Chirurgie suisse = Chirurgia svizzera, 2003

In children, the choice between percutaneous pinning (PP) and open pinning fixation (OPF) for the... more In children, the choice between percutaneous pinning (PP) and open pinning fixation (OPF) for the surgical treatment of fractures of the distal humerus remains controversial, especially the PP method for internal humeral condylar (IHC) fractures. Eighty fractures of the distal humerus in children were treated surgically in our hospital over a ten year period. 47% (n = 38) were supracondylar (SC), 20% (n = 16) comminuted (COM), 18% (n = 14) internal humeral condylar (IHC), and 15% (n = 12) lateral humeral condylar (LHC). We used PP, OPF and three times osteosynthesis with screws. In comparison to OPF, PP reduced the length of hospitalization in SC fractures (2.8 versus 6.1 days) and IHC fractures (2.4 versus five days). It reduced the risk of extension deficiency (11.1% versus 15%) and of cubitus valgus (0% versus 20%) in SC fractures, and of cubitus varus in IHC fractures (0% versus 11.1%). However it induced a higher rate of cubitus valgus (11.1% versus 20%) in IHC fractures, one p...

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Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie, 2001

Pediatric laparoscopic splenectomy is a relatively new surgical procedure. Advances in instrument... more Pediatric laparoscopic splenectomy is a relatively new surgical procedure. Advances in instrumentation and technique now make this procedure possible. Splenectomy is frequently performed in children for various hematologic and autoimmune diseases. This article reviews the indication for splenectomy, the technique of laparoscopic splenectomy and our results. Between January 1996 and January 2000, 23 children underwent laparoscopic splenectomy. Three of them also had a concomitant cholecystectomy. Their ages ranged from three to 14 years. Nine children had hereditary spherocytosis, four were affected by sickle cell disease, three had an idiopathic thrombocytopenia and three a hemolytic disease. One patient was converted. Mean operative time was 170 min (range, 115-230 min). Hospital stay ranged from three to 15 days (median, 6). Five patients had complications (three pneumonia and two deep abscesses). Median follow-up was 20 months (two months to four years) without problems regarding...

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2011

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2002

The aim of this report is to study the short- and long-term consequences of partial splenectomy (... more The aim of this report is to study the short- and long-term consequences of partial splenectomy (PS) in hereditary spherocytosis (HS). The authors reviewed the files of 5 children who underwent PS from 1993 to 1998. The data collected included clinical presentation, age, gender, indication for the operation, radiographic examination, need for blood transfusion and hematologic values, description of surgical procedure, and early- and late-occurring complications. From 1993 to 1998, 5 children from one year, 9 months to 7 years of age underwent PS. Indications were hypersplenism and severe anemia. The average age at the time of the operation was 3 years, 5 months. The 2 youngest children (one year, 9 months and 2 years old) needed a second operation because of the recurrence of hypersplenism. Subtotal splenectomy seems to preserve the immune role of the spleen and can reduce the need for blood transfusion. But PS is associated with a regrowth of the splenic remnant in children suffering from chronic hemolysis with hypersplenism and seems to be effective for a relatively short period only, especially in young children. Thus, a second operation to perform a total splenectomy can be necessary. The decision to perform a PS on young children with HS as an alternative to total splenectomy with appropriate preoperative vaccination and postoperative prophylactic antibiotics therefore should be weighed carefully, keeping in mind, however, the benefit of postponing total splenectomy in these patients.

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2012

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, 2006

Experimental Lung Research, 2008

Endogenous nitric oxide (NO) mediates pulmonary vasodilatation at birth, but inhaled NO fails to ... more Endogenous nitric oxide (NO) mediates pulmonary vasodilatation at birth, but inhaled NO fails to reduce pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). This study was designed to investigate the effects of ventilation, and the nature of its endogenous mediator, in fetal lambs with experimental CDH. Investigations at 138 days of gestation showed that ventilation markedly decreased PVR. Inhibition of NO synthesis reduced ventilation-induced pulmonary vasodilatation in vivo and increased in vitro isometric tension of vascular rings. Ventilation therefore reduces PVR at birth in lambs with CDH, and endogenous NO seems to contribute to this reduction.

European Respiratory Journal, 2002

In the vascular system, synthesis of the potent vasodilator nitric oxide (NO) is tightly regulate... more In the vascular system, synthesis of the potent vasodilator nitric oxide (NO) is tightly regulated by the constitutively expressed endothelial NO synthase (eNOS). Activity of eNOS is controlled by Ca2+/calmodulin and various seryl/threonyl protein kinases. Less is known about the importance of phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of tyrosyl residues. Therefore the role of tyrosine phosphatase on the modulation of isolated rat pulmonary artery tone has been assessed. Inhibition of tyrosine phosphatase by sodium orthovanadate (SOV, 1x10(-6) M) significantly: 1) increased phenylephrine-induced vasoconstriction and 2) decreased endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine, but had no effect on endothelium-independent relaxation to the NO donor, sodium nitroprusside. In phenylephrine-precontracted pulmonary arterial rings, SOV (1x10(-7)-1x10(-5) M) had no effect on vascular tone but significantly relaxed rings which were pretreated with the NO-synthase inhibitor, N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester (L-NAME). SOV-induced relaxation in the presence of L-NAME was, however, abolished by glibenclamide. In conclusion, inhibition of tyrosine phosphatase altered pulmonary vascular tone by increasing vasoconstrictor response to phenylephrine and decreasing endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine. Furthermore, the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, sodium orthovanadate, exhibited original vasodilator properties which were only observed when nitric oxide synthesis was inhibited. Thus a new pathway involving the inhibitory effect of nitric oxide on a glibenclamide-sensitive diffusible relaxing factor, that might play an important role in the control of pulmonary vascular tone is described.

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2007

Whereas gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain are common in chi... more Whereas gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain are common in children suffering from the so-called post-diarrheal form (D+) of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), more serious gastrointestinal complications are rare. We tried to define factors predictive of the severity of gastrointestinal complications post D+ HUS. We reviewed the files of all children admitted to our hospital for D+ HUS between 1988 and 2000. We retained those cases with gastrointestinal complications and analyzed the consequences of these complications on the evolution of the children's conditions. Sixty-five children with D+ HUS were admitted to our hospital during this period. Sixteen children developed gastrointestinal complications involving one or more digestive organs: necrosis of the colon or ileum, hemorrhagic colitis, pancreatitis, transient diabetes, hepatic cytolysis and cholestasis, peritonitis and prolapse of the rectum. One child died. Gastrointestinal complications of D+ HUS are rare, but they can be lethal, and early surgery may sometimes prove necessary. However, we were not able to demonstrate a correlation between the severity of the gastrointestinal manifestations and the clinical or biological signs accompanying D+ HUS.

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2008

Surgery is the first line treatment for low-grade neuroblastomas. In stage I tumors, the presence... more Surgery is the first line treatment for low-grade neuroblastomas. In stage I tumors, the presence of MYCN amplification is rarely detected and the Shimada histology is not always taken into consideration when deciding on the treatment. This study concerns the significance of these two factors in the evolution of children with low-grade neuroblastomas. We analyzed the assessment and follow-up of children with low-grade neuroblastomas (stages I and II) with or without MYCN amplification, with either a favorable or unfavorable histology and with or without tumor cell diploidy. Favorable histology was defined as stroma-poor tumors with more than 5 % differentiating neuroblasts and a mitosis karyorrhexis index (MKI) of less than 100/5000 cells. From 1995 to 2006, out of 114 neuroblastomas, nine (7.9 %) were stage I and 21 (18.4 %) stage II. Of these 30 patients, 27 underwent surgery alone and three received chemotherapy after surgery. The combination of MYCN amplification, unfavorable histology and diploidy was noted in one patient who developed metastases within two months. MYCN amplification alone was noted in two cases who are still tumor-free after two years. Unfavorable histology alone was noted in four patients, of whom one suffered a recurrence of the tumor (previously stage I) and three are tumor-free after six years. Tumor cell diploidy alone was present in 11 patients whose evolution is satisfactory. Because MYCN amplification and unfavorable histology are rare in early stage neuroblastomas, these tumors may be misclassified if they are not investigated further. It seems that no single clinical or biological feature can be considered a significant factor in establishing a prognosis or determining whether additional treatment is required.