Central venous catheters in acute blood malignancies.

A one-year prospective study to evaluate the use of central venous catheters in intensive treatment of patients with acute blood malignancies was performed. Forty-seven catheters in 29 patients were studied. In spite of thrombocytopenia in several patients, no severe bleeding episodes were observed.

Surgical classification of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

A new surgical classification of abdominal aortic aneurysms is proposed. The classification is based upon the clinical features immediately prior to surgery and the findings during operation. Group I consists of elective cases without symptoms, group II elective cases with symptoms, group III suspected rupture, group IV rupture without clinical shock and group V rupture with clinical shock.

Intussusception into the enteroanastomosis of Billroth II gastric resection.

A case of intussusception into the enteroanastomosis associated with a Billroth II gastric resection is presented. The case is discussed in the light of jejunogastric intussusceptions, described for the first time in 1917, about 30 years after the first gastrojejunostomy. For 30 years enteroanastomosis has been a general procedure in connection with the Billroth II type of gastric resection.

Heterotopic bone formation in upper midline abdominal incisions.

Five cases of heterotopic bone formation in upper abdominal incisions within one year are presented. The patients were male, with a mean age of 52 years. The bone formation was diagnosed by palpation and X-ray and in 3 cases verified by operation and histology.