[Laparoscopic treatment of common bile duct lithiasis associated with gallbladder lithiasis].

Introduction: Laparoscopic bile duct exploration has become one of the main options for the treatment of choledocholithiasis associated with cholelithiasis. Our objective is to describe the results of a consecutive series of patients.

Patients And Method: We retrospectively analyzed 101 (66 female/16 male) patients who underwent laparoscopic bile duct exploration.

Biochemical results of reoperations for medullary thyroid carcinoma.

Background: The calcitonin is a sensitive marker for the presence of medullary thyroid carcinoma, therefore, invaluable in the follow-up of patients who have been treated. Biological cure of the medullary thyroid cancer refers to a basal plasma calcitonin of less than 10 ng/l without elevation after stimulation tests.

Study Design: Biochemical results of reoperations for medullary thyroid carcinoma were reviewed from a series of 35 patients who underwent 47 reinterventions.