[Hemorrhagic gastro-duodenal ulcers. In which cases should emergency surgery be performed?].

From January 1983 to December 1987, 127 patients with bleeding peptic ulcer were admitted to hospital. The mean age of the 85 males was 57 years and 72 years for 42 females. All but four of the patients were managed medically after emergency endoscopy.

[Role and results of surgery in Crohn disease in adults].

Because of new medical treatments, the authors propose a review of the principal surgical indications in Crohn's disease in adults and the current prognosis based on the literature. Schematically, these indications correspond to failures of drug treatment, apart from emergency situations. Relapses are still very frequent, but may remain responsive to medical treatment.

[Mesocoloplasty of sigmoid volvulus. An alternative to colonic resection].

Based on 4 operations, the authors stress the value of intestinal preservation in subjects with poor general suffering from volvulus or with signs of sigmoid torsion by means of mesocolonoplasty. The technical simplicity of this operation allows it to be proposed in the course of laparotomies indicated for any other abdominal pathology.