Costs and benefits of a test-and-treat strategy in Helicobacter pylori-infected subjects: a prospective intervention study in general practice.

Objective: To identify health outcomes and costs/savings of a Helicobacter pylori test-and-treat strategy in patients using acid suppressants chronically.

Design: Prospective intervention study. Patients were tested for H.

Disease management in ulcer disease.

Our knowledge of Helicobacter pylori infection indicates that it is possible to eliminate ulcer disease and improve quality of life for ulcer patients. Treatment is evidence-based and cost-effective. However, though we now have the tools, we have not yet been able to eliminate ulcer disease from society.

[Facial malformations and asymmetries caused by the first and second branchial arch syndrome].

The first and second branchial arch syndrome is a congenital affection, among whom one can range as well hereditary as non-hereditary entities. They always cause a badly mutilating facial asymmetry. In this article, the first and second branchial arch syndrome were divided in hemifacial and bilateral dysostoses.

[Facial malformations and asymmetries due to first and second branchial arch syndromes].

The first and second branchial arch syndrome is a congenital affection, among whom one can range as well hereditary as non-hereditary entities. They always cause a badly mutilating facial asymmetry. In this article, the first and second branchial arch syndrome were divided in hemifacial and bilateral dysostoses.

[Dislocations of the face and skull. Report of 20 cases].

The authors present a serie of 20 cases of craniofacial injuries with or without CSF leakage. They propose a simple classification in 2 groups following the impact: braniofacial injury or orbitofacial injury. For their, craniofacial or orbitofacial injuries are to be operated in one stage by an neurosurgical and maxillofacial team.