One-stage colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis for complete left-sided obstruction of the colon.

Fourteen patients with complete left-sided obstruction of the colon were treated by a one-stage emergency colectomy and primary ileorectal anastomosis. One patient died from anastomotic leakage. In selected patients the method should be considered as an alternative to the staged procedure.

The Hartmann procedure: its role in acute complicated diverticulitis.

A retrospective study of 38 patients with Hartmann procedure for acute complicated diverticulitis. Two patients died. Continuity was restored in 30 patients (30/36).

Henri Hartmann, lord of the Hôtel-Dieu.

As assistant to Professor Terrier, Henri Hartmann (1860-1952) completed his surgical training at the Hôpital Bichat in Paris, where he was later to become Chief-Surgeon. In 1909 he was appointed Professor of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine, and in 1914 he became head of the surgical clinic of the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris. It was in 1921 that Hartmann proposed the operation that thereafter was to bear his name.

Surgical problems in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

The surgical technique of implantation of peritoneal catheters for continuous ambulatory dialysis (CAPD) is described and the catheter-related complications are discussed. Our experience with 37 implanted catheters in 27 patients is presented. No mortality was encountered in our series in relation to implantation and CAPD.