[Bilateral splanchnicectomy by transhiatal approach in pain of pancreatic origin. 37 cases].

Objectives: Surgical splanchnicectomy remains a useful means to relieve pain induced by malignant tumours of the pancreas and chronic pancreatitis. We report our experience in 37 patients.

Methods: Between 1983 and 1993, 37 patients underwent transhiatal bilateral splanchnicectomy; 32 had a non-resectable adenocarcinoma and 5 chronic pancreatitis.

[Preliminary study of the feasibility of intraoperative ultrasonography of the biliary tract during cholecystectomy under celioscopy].

Peroperative echography and cholangiography provide similar information during the exploration of the biliary tree for conventional surgery for gall stones. Peroperative cholangiography is more difficult to perform via the coeolioscope with a failure rate of 10% in the most skillful teams. We investigated the technical feasibility of peroperative echography during coeliosurgery for gall stones.

[Lipoblastoma of the omentum].

The authors report on a case of benign lipoblastoma of the omentum in a two year-old child. It was discovered following systematic examination and was treated by surgical excision.

[Pyloric stenosis with rare etiology].

The authors report on a 30 month-old boy who experienced pyloric stenosis related to an hamartoma. This case shows the difficulties in such a clinical and histological diagnosis.