[Pre-operative symptoms and post-operative improvement in patients diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism. Analysis of 120 consecutive cases].

Objective: To compare the pre-operative and post-operative clinical symptoms in patients diagnosed as having hyperparathyroidism and given surgical treatment, in order to prove the existence of statistically significant improvement.

Material And Method: We report here a retrospective study performed on 120 consecutive patients operated on following diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism between 1990 and 2003.

Results: Nephrolithiasis, generalized bone pain and HBP were the most common clinical manifestations.

[Acute epiglottitis in adults. Diagnosis and treatment in our experience of 30 cases].

Objective: We present the 15-year-long experience of 2 hospitals in our region regarding the therapeutic management of acute epiglottitis in adults.

Patients And Method: Thirty patients with an average age of 46 years were diagnosed as having acute epiglottitis, either by indirect laryngoscopy or fibroscopy, and studied through a series of clinical parameters: age, sex, personal history, complementary tests, clinical symptoms, treatment, evolution, and average stay in hospital.

Results: We found an obvious predominance of this urgent pathology in males, with most patients reporting dysphagia or odynophagia (90 %).