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It is admitted that: * Joint replacement is a commonly performed major surgical procedure that has considerable success in alleviating pain and disability; * These procedures may be done with the help of a bone cement (PMMA) to fix the prosthesis to the bone (cemented fixation); * Most common reasons for primary joint replacement are osteoarthritis, osteonecrosis and trauma; * Most common reasons for revision of joint replacement are dislocation, infection, fracture and prothesis loosening; * Quality of bone cement have a large influence on long-term implant stability. TEKNIMED has developed several bone cements and a cement restrictor currently used in arthroplasty procedures. With the increasing use of these procedures, there is a need of real-life long-term safety and efficacy data on the bone cements. This retro- and prospective study is performed to assess the safety and performance of TEKNIMED arthroplasty products in their current clinical use.
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Colorectal cancer occurs mainly in elderly patients. Recent estimation showed that in France more than 50% of the patients diagnosed with a colorectal cancer are 70 years old or more. Adjuvant chemotherapy has demonstrated a benefit on disease-free survival and overall survival after a stage III colon cancer resection. Nevertheless adjuvant chemotherapy is poorly used in elderly patients. Prognostic improvement with chemotherapy based on 5FU is suggested by a post-hoc analysis of randomized prospective clinical trial. But elderly patients in this study were highly selected and patients older than 80 represented only 0.7% of the total population. Thus, there is still a concern about the benefit of adjuvant 5FU-based chemotherapy in very elderly unselected patients. The recommended treatment for stage III adjuvant chemotherapy is a combination of fuoropyrimidine and oxaliplatin. Nevertheless oxaliplatin did not demonstrated survival advantage in elderly patients. Altogether there are still two matters of debate: * First, is there a benefit of fluoropyrimidine-based adjuvant chemotherapy for unfit elderly patients? * Second, is there a benefit of oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy for fit elderly patients? The aim of this randomized phase III study is to evaluate the benefit for disease-free survival of adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly patient and which chemotherapy. The elderly patient population will be dichotomized into two groups according to physician's choice after a multidisciplinary evaluation involving a geriatrician, with two different randomization assignments. The patients with an expected life-expectancy below 4 years according Lee score are excluded of this study. Some biological tumour abnormalities are more frequently observed in elderly (i.e. mismatch repair deficiency), therefore an evaluation of specific biological prognostic factors is needed in elderly population.
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It is admitted that: * Bioabsorbable interference screws are frequently used for graft attachment in knee cruciate ligament reconstruction, * Bioabsorbable pins are indicated for the realignment and fixation of epiphyseal fractures, osteotomies, arthrodesis and bone grafts of toes, * Non-absorbable suture is usually used for the repair and the reinforcement of ligaments or tendons structures during surgery procedures, * Anchor devices are usually used for the repair of rotator cuff tendons and biceps tenodesis. Furthermore, resorption properties of many available devices (screws, pins) that are marketed as bioabsorbable may be different and not always very well defined. This retro-prospective study is performed to confirm the safety and performance of TEKNIMED sports surgery products in their current clinical use. Studied products include - but are not restricted to - the following TEKNIMED products: * EUROSCREW® NG * ISOFIX® * SUTUR'LINK® * A'LINK'S® * BIORESORBABLE PINS And following associated TEKNIMED instrumentation: * ACL Instrumentation * A'LINK'S® Instrumentation * STAINLESS STEEL PINS