One hundred eleven patients underwent a surgical procedure for correction of intractable gastroesophageal reflux. Twenty children were severely mentally retarded. The range of follow up was 6 months to 15 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF110 arteriovenous fistulas made for hemodialysis, chemotherapy and extended parenteral nutrition are studied. For authors, the side-end radial arteriovenous fistula is the main used, followed by the humero-basilic shunt. The immediately functional fistula's percentage was of 81% with a net progress in the last year since it is now at 92%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree cases of esophageal stenosis with tracheo-bronchial remnants within the wall of the esophagus, near the cardia, are reported: two girls and one boy; in three, this anomaly contains cartilage remnants. After various procedures, esophagoplasty was necessary when the boy of the first case was fourteen. Two girls was cured by a Thal procedure with follow-up of five and four years respectively.
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