[One stage operation for dead space of pyogenic and tuberculous osteomyelitis].

Pyogenic and tuberculous osteomyelitis is known to have difficult surgical problems. Complete surgical excision of dead and grossly infected soft tissues and osseous structures frequently results in large defects. Hydroxyapatite filler has been used to pack osteomyelitic defects.

[A case of pulmonary embolism with diabetes insipidus developed after removal of craniopharyngioma].

A case of pulmonary embolism associated with diabetes insipidus is reported in an 18-year-old male. The patient, who had been treated with DDAVP for diabetes insipidus and hydrocortisone for hypocorticism for two years after first operation for the removal of craniopharyngioma, was admitted with recurrence of that tumor. Diabetes insipidus immediately after second operation was controlled with intermittent drip infusion of a small amount of aqueous pitressin under monitorings of body weight hourly using a patient weighing system to keep the weight changes within +/- one kilogram.

De Vega's annuloplasty for acquired tricuspid disease: early and late results in 110 patients.

From January 1978 through February 1989, 110 tricuspid annuloplasties (De Vega's procedure) were performed in association with mitral and combined mitral and aortic valve disease. Preoperatively, 106 (96%) of 110 patients were in New York Heart Association functional class III or IV. There were seven early deaths (6.