[Generalised fecal peritonitis. Etiopathogenic and therapeutic considerations in 30 cases (author's transl)].

The authors analyse a series of 30 cases of generalised fecal peritonitis which represents a less frequent form of peritoneal infection. The etiology was mainly diverticular perforation (50 p. cent) or neoplasia (25 p.

Dental caries and restorations in teenargers. II. A longitudinal radiographic study of the caries increment of proximal surfaces among urban teenagers in Sweden.

Within a group of 16 year old school children leaving the regular school dental care, the number of carious lesions and fillings in proximal tooth surfaces was radiographically studied, using an index system. Three years later, the same individuals were re-examined. The results showed that intact surfaces and surfaces with small carious lesions were more resistant to change than others.

Dental caries and restorations in teenagers. I. Index and score system for radiographic studies of proximal surfaces.

An index and a score system for radiographical longitudinal studies of caries progression on proximal tooth surfaces are presented and compared with the DF-surface system. Generally, a good correlation between DF-surface differences and scores was found in a three-year study on teenagers. However, the score system seems to forward better means for a detailed study of the individual.

[Postoperative enterocutaneous fistulae of the small gut (author's transl)].

Postoperative enterocutaneous fistulae are fortunately rate (1 : 1000), but they carry a mortality of about 50%. The authors analyse the development and treatment of fistulae in 30 patients. This depends on whether the cause of the fistula is connected with an anastomosis or not, on a variety of pathologic-anatomical criteria and in particular on the amount of fluid lost daily.

[Appendicular mucocele and peritoneal pseudo-myxoma].

From 2 personal cases the authors present a pathological appraisal of appendicular mucoceles. They distinguish between a benign kind with an atrophic mucous membrane and a malignant type with a hyperplasic epithelium arranged in papillary and vegetating structures; this is a neoplasm with local malignancy. This variety remains the most liable to become a peritoneal pseudo-myxoma representing the most serious complication of the appendicular mucecele.

[Surgical treatment of acute pancreatitis].

In the initial stage the treatment of acute pancreatitis must be medical. If there is not positive improvement after 2 to 6 days or in cases of associated cholelithiasis, surgery is indicated. The first step in surgery is a search for necrosis and hematomas, and their exact topographic localization.

Antimicrobial effect of root canal débridement in teeth with immature root. A clinical and microbiologic study.

The aim of present investigation was to compare the antibacterial effect of biochemical root canal cleansing in permanent non-vital upper incisors with immature with those with mature root. The material comprised three groups made up of 34, 46 and 28 teeth in which the mechanical cleansing was accompanied by flushing with sterile saline and sodium hypochlorite solutions giving 0.5 or 5.

Treatment of non-vital permanent incisors with calcium hydroxide. VI. A clinical, microbiological and radiological evaluation of treatment in one sitting of teeth with mature or immature root.

The purpose of the investigation was clinically, microbiologically and radiologically to assess the effect of calcium hydroxide as a temporary root-filling inserted in the same sitting as root canal debridement in non-vital permanent incisors with mature and immature root, infected or uninfected root canal and with or without radiologically demonstrated periapical bone changes. The material consisted of 141 teeth divided in 3 groups in which mechanical cleansing was accompanied by flushing with sterile saline and sodium hypochlorite solutions giving 0.5% or 5.

[The radiologic aspects after highly selective vagotomy (author's transl)].

The purpose of this study is to report the early radiologic modifications observed among 72 patients operated for duodenal ulcer. Each patient has been subjected to a double control, the first eight days and the second eight weeks after the operation. The first transit permits to judge the efficacity and quality of the highly selective vagotomy and shows the permanent and transistory modifications of the cardia, the stomac, the duodenum and the small bowel; the second permits to study the condition of the ulcer.