[Hysterectomy for benign lesions in Brittany: analysis of medical practices].

Objectives: By who, why and how are done hysterectomies for benign lesions.

Material: and methods. The 413 medical files of all the patients who underwent an hysterectomy for benign lesion during the last trimester of 1997 were recorded by the Medical Information Departments of the 53 health establishments of the Brittany Region.

[Socioeconomic approach to the practice of in vitro fertilization in the Brittany region in 1993].

Aim Of The Study: to estimate the social and economical point of view of the practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Brittany in 1993.

Methods: we made a prospective study of 152 cases of IVF. We studied the medical history of sterility of the patients, treatments during IVF, hormonal and ultrasound monitoring, oocytes retrieval and embryo transfer, and the screening until beta-hCG > 1,000 UI or evidence of pregnancy with ultrasound scan.

[Prognosis for delivery in women with previous cesarean section. Apropos of 209 cases].

The authors have attempted to show the following with the help of 209 cases of delivery in women who had previously had Caesarean sections: Vaginal delivery is possible in approximately one out of every two cases, providing certain precautions have been taken and these are: Maternal morbidity rises to about 12% when a woman is delivered after a previous Caesarean section, whether the delivery is vaginal or, a repeat Caesarean. Furthermore, morbidity rises greatly after a failure of a trial of labour for which the indications should be very carefully considered. The outlook for the fetus is better after a vaginal delivery.