Ballistic peripheral nerve injuries: basic concepts, controversies, and proposal for a management strategy

L Mathieu, M Goncalves, JC Murison, G Pfister… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Ballistic injuries to peripheral nerves are devastating injuries frequently encountered in
modern conflicts and civilian trauma centers. Such injuries often produce lifelong morbidity …

Prolonged tactical tourniquet application for extremity combat injuries during war against terrorism in the Sahelian strip

A Sabate-Ferris, G Pfister, G Boddaert… - European journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose This study reports on complications following extended tourniquet application in
patients with combat extremity injuries treated by the French Military Health Service in the …

Extremity injuries in the Sahelian conflict: lessons learned from a French forward surgical team deployed in Gao, Mali

G Pfister, P Aries, H de Lesquen, L Mathieu - European journal of trauma …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose This study aimed to analyse extremity combat-related injuries (CRIs) and non-
combat related injuries (NCRIs) treated in the French Forward Surgical Team deployed in …

Risk factors and failures in the management of limb injuries in combat casualties

A Grosset, G Pfister, N de l'Escalopier, S Plang… - International …, 2019 - Springer
Introduction Treatment of war wounds is based on a sequential surgical strategy, which
frequently faces therapeutic failures, which then burden the final functional result. The aim of …

Radial club hand treated with soft-tissue distraction and subsequent pin stabilization: mid-to long-term results

G Pfister, M Le Hanneur, M Bachy… - Journal of Hand …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Radial club hand deformities are commonly treated with arthrolysis to allow centralization of
the ulna. In this retrospective cohort study of 31 hands in 28 patients, we aimed to assess the …

Direct suturing of sciatic nerve defects in high-degree knee flexion: an experimental study

G Pfister, A Ghabi, A de Carbonnières, C Oberlin… - World neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective We sought to elucidate the conditions of direct suturing of sciatic nerve defects in
high-degree knee flexion. We aimed to establish a correlation among the defect length …

Missile injury of the sciatic nerve: observational study supporting early exploration and direct suture with flexed knee

L Mathieu, G Pfister, JC Murison, C Oberlin… - Military …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Missile injuries of the sciatic nerve are frequently encountered in modern violent conflicts.
Gunshot and fragment wounds may cause large nerve defects, for which management is …

Defects of the sciatic nerve and its divisions treated by direct suturing in 90 degrees knee flexion: report on the first clinical series

L Mathieu, Y Cloquell, JC Murison, G Pfister… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Objective To evaluate functional results after treatment of large defects of the sciatic nerve
and its divisions by direct nerve suturing in high knee flexion. Methods A retrospective …

Management of combat-sustained radial nerve injury during World War I: The case of Louis-Ferdinand Céline

R Fawaz, G Pfister, N de L'Escalopier, C Redais… - Hand Surgery and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The radial nerve conveys sensory and motor information to and from the upper limb, and
radial nerve injury can induce functional disability, as demonstrated by the case of the …

Nerve transfer in the spastic equino varus foot: Anatomical feasibility study

C Diner, L Mathieu, G Pfister, R Mourtialon… - Foot and Ankle …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose We want to evaluate the feasibility of transferring a motor branch of the anterior
tibial muscle (ATM) to the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) to evaluate this procedure in …