Maladie de Lapeyronie: Aspects cliniques et thérapeutiques à propos de 17 cas

Buts: rapporter les aspects cliniques et thérapeutiques de la maladie de Lapeyronie (MLP).Matériel et méthodes: étude descriptive monocentrique recrutant 17 cas de MLP dans un service d’urologie au Sénégal entre janvier et décembre 2012. L’âge des patients, les motifs de consultation, le délai de consultation, l’examen des plaques de fibrose, le degré de courbure, le traitement et ses résultats ont été analysés.Résultats: l’âge moyen était de 58,2 ans (33 et 80 ans). La courbure était la plainte la plus observée (13 patients/17) et isolée chez 4 patients. La douleur pénienne était observée chez 4 patients et la dysérection chez 7 patients. Le délai de consultation moyen était de 21,2 mois (1 et 72 mois). Le grand axe moyen des plaques de fibrose était 2,8 cm (0,5 et 7,5 cm). Le degré de courbure de la verge moyen était de 31,6 (0 et 95). Neuf patients ont rec¸u un traitement à base de vitamine E et des infiltrations de corticoïdes dans la plaque. Il a été efficace chez 3 patients vus à la phase inflammatoire. Un redressement satisfaisant de verge par plicature de l’albuginée des corps caverneux selon Nesbit a été réalisée chez 5 malades en phase de séquelle. Trois patients n’ont pas pu être opérés.Conclusion: la MLP a une faible prévalence et la plupart des patients consultent en phase de séquelle. Le traitement médical a été efficace à la phase inflammatoire et la chirurgie a permis de régler la courbureMots Clés: maladie de Lapeyronie; douleur; courbure; dysfonction érectile; Sénéga

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

Plant traits - the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants - determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait‐based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits - almost complete coverage for ‘plant growth form’. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait–environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

10.1111/gcb.14904GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY261119-18

TRY plant trait database, enhanced coverage and open access

Plant traits-the morphological, ahawnatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants-determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait-based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits-almost complete coverage for 'plant growth form'. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait-environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives