Problems of diagnosis and treatment caused by ingested foreign bodies.

An ingested foreign body often passes the gastrointestinal tract without any complications. Foreign bodies, such as fish bones, chicken bones and toothpicks, have been known to cause perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. We present 4 cases: the first 2 of a 27-year-old male and a 48-years-old female respectively, with acute abdomen, diffuse purulent peritonitis, with ileum perforation, both caused by accidentally ingesting a wire, 1 case of a 64-year-old male with sigmoid perforation, caused by accidentally ingesting a toothpick and 1 case of a 52-year-old female presented with left buttock painful swelling for 1 week associated with fever,physical examination revealed an ischiorectal abscess.

[Coloesophagoplasty, a choice operation for postcaustic esophageal stenosis].

Objective: To evaluate the problems of approach, of technique and of care as a 20 years experience demonstrates.

Material And Method: a retrospective study including 45 operated cases where the large-bowel served as reconstructive material (in 33 cases the transverse colon and in 12 cases right ileocolon).

Results: Healing was obtained in 42 patients.

[Abdominal tuberculosis: clinical and therapeutic evaluation].

In this paper we present our experience concerning abdominal tuberculosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate various methods and to establish therapeutic approach to patients with abdominal tuberculosis. There were six patients (3 males and 3 females), aged between 22 and 67 years old, such as: 2 patients developed peritoneal tuberculosis, 3 patients developed intestinal tuberculosis and one patient developed mesenteric lymph node tuberculosis.

[Locoregionally advanced rectosigmoid cancer: diagnosis, surgical approach, late results].

The colorectal cancer continues to be diagnosed in advanced stages in our country, mainly due to unapplying of a programmer of active diagnosis through screening on the population with risk for colorectal cancer, and inefficiency of primary care system. In the department of General Surgery CFR Craiova Hospital between 1991-2001 were operated a number of 231 patients with colon cancer and 104 patients with rectal cancer. The results, showing an increased number of recurrences in cases of resection performed for advanced loco-regional tumors of rectosigmoid, made us to reconsider the attitude of avoiding the abdominoperineal resection even when the distance between the inferior limits of the tumors and the anal edge exceeded the distance considered being standard for a low anastomosis performing.

Acute bowel obstruction - the main complication of colorectal cancer. Therapeutical options.

Aim: to choose the proper therapeutical approach in obstructing colorectal cancer.

Material And Method: 77 (29.2%) obstructing colorectal cancers, 88.