[Use of Eductyl(®) suppository for rectal preparation before prostate biopsy: an observational survey]. / Utilisation d'Eductyl(®) pour la préparation rectale avant biopsies de prostate. Une enquête de pratique.

BACKGROUND: Local preparation of rectum governs the possibly survenue of complications during transrectal ultrasound guided biopsies of prostate. OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy and acceptability of rectal preparation (Eductyl(®) suppository) in patients undergoing a transrectal prostate biopsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From May to August 2005, eight urologists (Bel-Air Urological Center, Bordeaux) included 137 patients (mean age 66.4 years) with an indication of prostate biopsies. All patients were administrated prophylactic antibiotic therapy. They used Eductyl(®) effervescent suppositories for local preparation, the day before and/or the morning of the exam. RESULTS: Rectal vacuity was satisfactory or very satisfactory for 99% of patients. Introduction of probe and tracking of prostate were easy or very easy in 99% of cases. Eight days after the exam, only 35% of patients had suffered anal or rectal pain during a mean of 2 days. Most of patients recovered bowel function without requiring treatment and without any difficulty or pain. The bowel function recovery occurred the day of prostate biopsy and the day after for 28.4% and 62.2% of patients, respectively. CONCLUSION: Urologists considered that the use of Eductyl(®) suppositories before prostate biopsies ensured a satisfactory rectal preparation and optimal conditions for the exam. Moreover, this preparation was well accepted by patients.

Primary osteoarthritis and occupations: a national cross sectional survey of 10 412 symptomatic patients.

AIMS: To describe the age standardised prevalence of symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) in a nationwide cross sectional survey of 10 412 patients in France, and their functional and work limitations. METHODS: Cases in the survey were compared with their expected counterpart by age, gender, and occupational groupings using data from the 1998 French National Survey on Health Impairment and Disability. RESULTS: Women represented 66.2% of the sample; mean age was 66.2 years. One third of patients had OA of the knee, 16% of the hip, and 12% of the hand; a third had multiple joint OA. Peak prevalence of symptomatic OA was in the 60-69 year category in women and in the 70-79 year category in men. Agricultural workers showed a significant excess prevalence of OA, with an observed to expected (O/E) ratio of 1.7 in women and 2.3 in men. Linear trends in prevalences between white collar, "mixed" collar, and blue collar workers were also significant, with odds ratios respectively of 1.0, 2.9, and 2.6 in women and 1.0, 1.2, and 1.7 in men. Specific excess prevalence was found in women among housekeepers (O/E 4.4), and in men among unskilled labour workers (O/E 10.3) and truck drivers (O/E 6.7). Total work disability was highest among blue collar workers and partial disability among agricultural workers. CONCLUSION: Results contribute to the mounting evidence that OA is potentially aetiologically linked to occupation in a sizeable segment of the population and that OA can no longer be considered an inevitable disease of ageing.