[Endoscopy for exploration for foreign bodies of the lower respiratory tract of the child. Apropos of 668 cases].

From 1980 to 1984, 335 foreign bodies (FB) were extracted from lower respiratory tract of children: two-thirds were boys, 77% were under 3 years of age, 79% presented signs of penetration. The FB was mainly of alimentary origin, particularly peanuts. Radiologic imaging provided inconstant signs, atelectasis increasing in frequency with duration after inhalation.

[Adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy in children with hemophilia and von Willebrand disease].

Hemophilia type A or B is due to deficiency in factor VIII C or IX C, but whatever the type and whether the affection is severe or attenuated the risk of hemorrhage after surgery is identical. Willebrand's disease is due to either a qualitative or quantitative anomaly of willebrand's factor. Between 1979 and 1984, 15 children with these diseases were operated upon for removal of tonsils and adenoids.