Rene-Xavier Perrin

University of Abomey-Calavi | UAC · Faculty of Health Science (FSS)

INTRODUCTION : Selon Globocan 2020, plus de 2,3 millions de nouveaux cas de cancers du sein dans le monde avec près de 700 mille décès. L’Afrique enregistre 1.960 décès par cancer du sein pour 100 mille femmes contre 1.250 en Amérique du nord et 14,6% en Europe. Le Bénin, en 2020, a enregistré 1.066 nouveaux et 566 décès, soit incidence 15,8%. Cett...

INTRODUCTION : La forte mortalité précoce du cancer du col de l’utérus en Afrique peut être améliorée. Le dépistage opportuniste par inspection visuelle avec l’acide acétique (IVA) suivi d’un traitement en une ou deux visites des lésions précancéreuses reste la meilleure solution. La Fondation Claudine Talon (FCT), en partenariat avec certains orga...

Résumé Objectif Explorer la pratique de la sexualité chez les adolescentes et jeunes des collèges de Cotonou au Bénin. Patientes et méthodes Il s’agit d’une étude transversale descriptive qui s’est déroulée sur une période de deux mois (02) allant du 02 mai au 02 juillet 2018 L’échantillonnage était non probabiliste. Ont été inclus les adolescent...

Background: Over 30% of maternal deaths and 10% of infant deaths are avoidable if couples space out births at intervals of 2 years or greater. This study aimed to identify factors associated with contraceptive use in the postpartum period. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study among postpartum women living in Parakou. Participants were selec...

Introduction: Breast cancer remains a global public health problem. In Benin, it is the first type of cancer developed by women and it causes an important morbidity and mortality. Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess women's knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding breast cancer screening in a hospital located in the southern side...

Objective: The objective of this work is to compare two gestational diabetes screening strategies. Patients and methods: We conducted a comparative randomized study that screened gestational diabetes on pregnant women who are between 24th and 28th weeks of amenorrhea. We conducted the trials either by measuring fasting glucose values or by a glucos...

Objective: To study parturient women’s psychological real-life experience in the delivery room of CHUD-B maternity hospital. Patients and Methods: This study shows a descriptive cross-sectional study with an analytical aim and a prospective data collection. It involves 100 parturient women who had a vaginal delivery at the gynecology and obstetrics...

Introduction: Contraception is a mean of preventing unwanted pregnancies and thus prevents induced abortions and its complications. Objective: To assess the knowledge and practices of future health workers on contraception. Methods: This was a survey carried out in Cotonou (Benin) by the students of the Medical Training and Research Unit at the Fac...

Introduction: Adolescence is a period of life during which physiological and anatomical changes which influence the individual’s personality occur. Objective: To study parents’ perceptions and practices as regards adolescents’ sex education in the home environment in 2015. Methodology: It was an analytical and descriptive cross-sectional study with...

Introduction: Breast cancer is a true public health problem; it is the first cause of female mortality from cancer in the world. Objective: To study the epidemiological, clinical and immunohistochemical characteristics of patient with a hormone sensitive breast cancer (hormone dependent breast cancer). Material and methods: It was a retrospective,...

Objectives: To evaluate the influence of pre-conception cervical plastic surgery on the prognosis of pregnancy in women with a history of abortive disease through cervical incompetence. Method: Retrospective study over a period of 20 years, from January 1990 to June 2010. We carried out an exhaustive census of the patients with a cervico isthmic ga...

Introduction: In Africa and developing countries, breast cancer is the 2nd cancer after cervical one.Objectives: To study knowledge, attitudes and practices of health care professionals as regards breast cancer.Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study with a prospective data collection and a descriptive purpose. The study was conducted from 05 A...

Introduction: Hysterectomy is one of the most performed medical interventions on women. Its impact on women’s sexual life has been poorly addressed in the sub-region. Objective: To study the impact of hysterectomy on sexuality. Patients and methods: This was an observational and prospective cross-sectional study conducted on 72 women who underwent...

The aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence of antichikungunya virus (anti-CHIKV) antibodies in pregnant women living in an urban area of Benin (West Africa). Results were obtained by screening sera collected in 2006 and 2007 with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for anti-CHIKV immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM. Positive resul...

INTRODUCTION: The gynecological and mammary cancers constitute a major preoccupation for the international community because they represent an important cause of mortality and morbidity among women. However, their systematic tracking is not always current in our countries of the south. This survey aims to evaluate the epidemiological features of th...

In most of Africa's birthing units, women are often forbidden to stand during labour and delivery. This study aimed to determine the effect of a freely vertical position (standing,sitting, crouching) compared with the traditional supine position on the course of delivery and on perinatal and maternal outcomes(including the satisfaction level of mot...

to describe the process of introduction and implementation of humanised care (humanised childbirth); to determine how the practice of humanised care affects midwives, obstetricians, and other service providers in the hospital; and to determine the factors influencing the change in practice. a qualitative study with grounded theory approach. A semi-...

In areas where Plasmodium falciparum is endemic, pregnancy is associated with accumulation of infected red blood cells (RBCs) in the placenta, a condition referred to as placental malaria (PM). Infants born to PM-positive mothers are at an increased risk of malaria, which is putatively related to the transplacental passage of parasite-derived antig...

Presence of P. falciparum parasite in maternal and/or placental blood at delivery does not influence the activation status of cord blood DC and monocytes. The expression levels of HLA-DR and CD86 were measured by flow cytometry on foetal APC from 27 P. falciparum-positive (diagonal striped bars) and 28 P. falciparum-negative mothers (white bars).

Malaria in pregnancy is associated with immunological abnormalities in the newborns, such as hampered T-helper 1 responses and increased T-regulatory responses, while the effect of maternal Plasmodium falciparum infection on foetal innate immunity is still controversial. The immunophenotype and cytokine release by dendritic cells (DC) and monocytes...

Haemorrhage from ruptured ectopic pregnancy is a major cause of maternal death in Africa. The experience in three hospitals in salvaging intraperitoneal blood with a perforated metallic conical funnel is reported. The blood was transfused back to the patient immediately after salvaging. Data were collected concerning the patient, her clinical state...