[Laparoscopic fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease: retrospective study of functional results in 243 patients].

Study Aim: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the 38 month-results of laparoscopic fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Patients And Methods: Two hundred forty three consecutive patients were operated laparoscopically. The surgical procedures were complete fundoplication with division of short vessels (Nissen: 80 patients), without division of short vessels (Nissen-Rossetti: 68 patients) or partial fundoplication of 270 degrees (Toupet: 95 patients).

[A case of sacrococcygeal chordoma].

The authors describe a case of sacrococcygeal chordoma which was detected in a 49-year old male subject in the course of a clinical examination. Bone X-rays and CT-scans confirmed the diagnosis of sacral tumor, and radical excision was performed via combined abdominal and sacral approach. The chief characteristics of these rare tumors are further discussed, with particular focus on the therapeutical problems arising in relation with the fact that surgical removal, alone, can prevent tumor recurrences.

[Basedow's disease: recurrence after surgical treatment. Study of a series of 88 patients].

A homogeneous series of 88 patients with a history of surgery for Basedow's disease was studied retrospectively to evaluate long term recurrences. A total of 88 cases were reviewed after a follow up of a median of 50 months (range 1 to 13 years), and hormone assays were carried out in 74 cases. Surgical complications were minor: no mortality, no definitive hypoparathyroidism, 45% unilateral recurrent nerve palsies and 14.