[Duplication of the colon. An incidental finding in segmental rectal stenosis].

Colonic duplication is a rare, congenital anomaly. A case is presented in order to show the etiology, pathology and clinical importance of colonic duplication.

[Formation of a liver abscess as the first manifestation of concealed perforated sigmoid diverticulitis].

Normally colonic diverticulitis presents itself clinically with symptoms. In our presentation pyogenic liver abscess was the primary finding of a concealed perforation of sigma colon diverticulitis. Investigations, diagnostic procedures and therapy are presented.

Long-term results of carpal tunnel decompression. Assessment of 60 cases.

The long-term prognosis of 60 patients operated on for carpal tunnel syndrome has been assessed in a prospective study with a median follow-up period of 5.5 years (range 2-11 years). Analysis of motor, sensory, trophic, and electrodiagnostic findings and assessment of pain were performed pre- and post-operatively using a standardized grading system.

[A new assessment model for the evaluation of late results following a decompressive operation of the median nerve].

Of ninety patients who had undergone carpal tunnel release in the years from 1970 to 1980, 67% could be reinvestigated after a follow-up period of five years and six months (average interval). A new scheme for classification of long-term results was used. This was achieved by the use of objective clinical and electro-physiological observations.

[Gangrene of the intestine with pneumatosis intestinalis in a child with meningomyelocele].

A 13-year-old girl with meningomyelocele and a cauda-equina-paraplegia-syndrome, with resulting long-standing ileus, developed an extensive gangrene of the stomach, the small bowel and parts of the colon. As pathogenesis a non-occlusive-ischemia is suspected; the exceptional neurological situation is discussed.