[Efficacy of long-term total parenteral nutrition treatment in a case of postoperative fistula of the gastric fundus].

The Authors report their experience about an unusual case of gastro fundic fistula arisen after a surgical procedure and successfully treated with long term N.P.T.

Cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: timing of operation, bacteriologic aspects, and postoperative course.

There is still considerable controversy among surgeons regarding the most opportune moment for surgical intervention in the case of acute cholecystitis. For this reason, 471 patients cholecystectomized for acute cholecystitis from 1970 through 1982 were studied. During the first period, there were two types of surgical intervention: during hospitalization after resolution of the acute episode, and during a second hospitalization 2 to 3 months later.

[Anastomosis in digestive surgery: results of single layer sutures with absorbable and non-absorbable material].

The authors report the results of a study performed among 280 single layer extramucous interrupted stitches digestive inverting anastomosis, for a total amount of 661 anastomosis made in patients hospitalized for different digestive pathology, from 1975 to 1981. The single layer sutures were performed with absorbable material in 43,35% of cases and with non absorbable in 54,64%. The Authors report the incidence of precocious and retarded complications regarding the type of the some anastomosis and the material used.