[The repair of inguinal hernia by insertion of prosthetic material with tunnelisation of the spermatic cord (author's transl)].

A mersilene plate, cut according to the technique of Zagdoun, usually fixed to the conjoint tendon (in front of the latter) and to the inguinal ligament, is turned in front of the spermatic cord in the form of a cuff attached to itself and the aponeurosis of the obliquus externus. Thus strengthens the deficient deep and superfical anatomical layers in cases of large or recurrent inguinal hernia.

[Late ileal metastases from a skin melanoma with mainly hemorrhagic symptoms. Report of one case (author's transl)].

Intestinal metastase from a malignant melanoma are rare and raise difficult diagnostic problems especially when far from the initial tumour. Although acute intussusception is the usual clinical presentation, one should recognise the possibility of atypical symptoms: e.g.

[Spontaneous perforation of the hepatic duct during biliary lithiasis complicated by acute pancreatitis].

The association of perforation of the common bile duct, cholecystitis and acute pancreatitis, should be emphasized. Physiopathology of perforation of the bile duct may be compared with that of pancreatitis. Repair of the bile duct may be delicate requiring hepatico-jejunostomy on an isolated loop.

[Surgical problems. (Apropos of reoperations in abdominal surgery)].

Out of 1,500 laparotomies carried out between january 1970 and december 1973, 49 patients, i.e. 3.

[Segmental pancreatic lesions after partial or total splenectomy in rabbits].

Previous experiments on compensatory hypertrophy of the splenic parenchyma after partial splenectomy, permitted us to observe lesions of the part of the pancreas in contact with the spleen. This part of the gland is supplied only by the splenic artery and suffers from some degree of ischemia during splenectomy. The object of this research was to seek, as a routine, pancreatic disease after splenectomy.