Treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients with digestive cancers with combination of intraperitoneal hyperthermia and mitomycin C.

Peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients with digestive cancer carries a poor prognosis, with a majority of patients dying within 6 months. Mitomycin C has been reported to have some antitumor efficacy in this setting. We performed combination intraperitoneal hyperthermia and mitomycin to potentiate the effect of mitomycin C in 83 patients with peritoneal involvement due to digestive cancers.

Is scintigraphic double-track appearance a sign of severe acute episodes of ulcerative colitis?

Aim: In comparison to endoscopy, clinical and biological criteria are less predictive of severity in attacks of ulcerative colitis (UC). Our aim was to assess the value of the double-track scintigraphic appearance in the assessment of the severity of acute UC by comparing it to endoscopic criteria.

Patients And Methods: We reviewed medical records of 52 patients hospitalized for an acute attack of UC, who had undergone within 48 hours of presentation both a technetium 99m hexamethyl propylene amine oxime (99mTc-HMPAO) granulocyte scintigraphy and endoscopic examination (colonoscopy: n=20; rectosigmoidoscopy: n=32).

Primary squamous-cell carcinoma of the rectum: report of six cases and review of the literature.

Purpose: The majority of colorectal carcinomas diagnosed are adenocarcinomas. Squamous-cell carcinoma is a rare pathologic curiosity. Since 1943, only 18 cases have been described in the medical literature.

Pfannenstiel versus Maylard incision for cesarean delivery: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To compare the Pfannenstiel incision with transverse muscle-cutting Maylard incision in women who had cesarean delivery.

Methods: Patients were assigned randomly to a Pfannenstiel or Maylard incision. Postoperative treatment was similar for each group.