[Retrospective comparative study of 600 appendectomies carried out by laparotomy (Mac Burney) or laparoscopy. A plea for laparoscopy].

The authors report the results of a retrospective study comparing 305 appendectomies by laparotomy (performed in 1988-1989) with 295 appendectomies by laparoscopy (1990-1991). The appendectomy was performed by the "out" technic in 98% of cases of laparoscopy. The two populations are similar.

[Prognosis of the thyroid carcinomas after surgery (author's transl)].

The authors review 140 cases and show the prime importance of the patient's age and the histological type in the prognosis of the operations of thyroid carcinoma (with the exception of solitary malignant cold nodule). The survival rate is higher with the papillary carcinoma of young patients, even though an extensive development of lymph nodes occurs, whereas metastases are encountered in the evolution of follicular carcinoma with increased risks. The anaplastic carcinoma which occurs mainly in aged people, is the worst of all.