[Merle D'Aubigne's oblique proximal femoral osteotomy. Surgical technique].

Proximal femoral osteotomy with the technique described by Merle D'AubignC and Valliant was used in the treatment of adult patients with osteoarthritis or idiopathic avascular necrosis. Dr. Antonio Flores applied this technique to children with subluxation and acetabular dysplasia, identified with exaggerated anteversion and valgus of the proximal femur.

[Experience with 22 bone marrow donors].

We describe our experience of the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología in Mexico City in the management of 22 healthy donors of the allogeneic bone marrow transplantation program. Twenty three bone marrow products were harvested from the 22 healthy donors (7 male, 15 female) with a median age of 26 (range 16 to 47). All were seronegative for HIV, HBV and HCV.

Misoprostol prophylaxis for high-dose chemotherapy-induced mucositis: a randomized double-blind study.

From April 1993 to September 1993, 15 patients with lymphoid or solid neoplasms underwent 16 non-cryopreserved peripheral stem cell transplantation courses using the ICE (ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide) program. They were randomized in a double-blind clinical trial to received oral misoprostol or placebo for mucositis prophylaxis. The active drug or placebo administration began jointly with chemotherapy at day -4 and was continued until day 16.

[Prevention of myelotoxicity in a case of bone marrow transplantation using granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor along with ganciclovir].

We report the first experience of the use of GM-CSF as prophylaxis of ganciclovir induced severe bone marrow suppression in a CMV seropositive patient with acute myeloid leukemia who underwent a complete remission after an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from an identical HLA sibling who also was CMV seropositive. A successful bone marrow engraftment was documented by day 14. Once peripheral blood counts stabilized, the patient received ganciclovir 5 mg/kg TIW.