[Use of netilmicin for antibiotic prevention of urinary infections after endoscopic surgery in urology]. / Antibioprophylaxie par la nétilmicine des infections urinaires après chirurgie endoscopique en urologie.

We studied for one year 60 patients separated in 3 groups of 20: first reference group without treatment; second group receiving netilmicin in premedication; third group treated by netilmicin for 2 days postoperatively. This series clearly demonstrates the high urinary tract infection rate after transurethral surgery, the benefit of antibioprophylaxis with netilmicin and the efficiency of one dose of this aminosid given one hour preoperatively.

Influence of contact size on the detection of HFOs in human intracerebral EEG recordings.

OBJECTIVE: High frequency oscillations (HFOs) are brief electroencephalographic events associated with epileptic activity, and likely representing biological markers of the epileptogenic zone. HFOs are usually detected with intracranial EEG and detection is influenced by contact size. The size of commercially available intracerebral electrodes varies widely. This study assesses HFO detection rates from adjacent electrode contacts in human intracerebral recordings. METHODS: Intracerebral recordings were collected from 11 patients undergoing stereoelectroencephalographic investigation using hybrid depth electrodes containing adjacent large (0.8 or 5 mm(2)) and small (0.2 or 0.3 mm(2)) contacts. HFOs were marked manually during 5-min tracings in 131 pairs of adjacent large and small contacts. HFO rates per minute and mean event durations were compared between adjacent contacts. RESULTS: A minimal but statistically significant advantage in ripple detection was found in a subgroup of large contacts. Otherwise, HFO rates and mean event durations were not statistically different between groups. CONCLUSION: The size of clinical contacts within the studied range did not influence HFO detection in a clinically relevant manner. Larger contacts provide a minimal advantage for ripple detection. SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings suggest that commercially available intracerebral electrodes with contacts between 0.2 and 5 mm(2) likely possess similar HFO detection abilities.

Improvements and new capabilities for the multiple Knudsen cell device used in high-temperature mass spectrometry.

The thermodynamic properties of condensed phases, i.e. the activities of components, can be determined from partial pressures measured by the Knudsen cell mass spectrometric method. Improvements in accuracy and yield of this method are obtained with the use of twin cells, an idea proposed in the 1960s. The multiple cell method was perfected in 1977 in our laboratory. Changes to molecular beam sampling and furnace assemblies were required to make the multiple Knudsen cell technique work properly. This paper summarizes these prerequisites, and presents a new device and the associated method of measurements, as well as the necessary tests performed with a silver sample in each cell.