[Obligatory surgery after endoscopic sphincterotomy for the treatment of stones in the common bile duct].

Endoscopic sphincterotomy is the treatment of choice for stones in the common bile duct in patients with a high operative risk. However, when this modality is insufficient or fails, these patients need to be operated. The authors have operated 14 patients under these conditions.

Surgery for carcinoma of the colon in people aged 75 years and older.

From January 1976 to June 1986, 154 patients (75 men and 79 women) who were 75 years of age or older were admitted for the surgical treatment of a colonic cancer. The mean age was 80.7 years.

[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.

Surgical treatment of Graves' disease.

Seven men and 81 women were operated on for Graves' disease. Their median age was 33 years. Eleven patients underwent a bilateral subtotal lobectomy; 77 patients underwent a complete lobectomy with contralateral partial lobectomy.

[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.

Carcinoma of the cardia and proximal third of the stomach. Results of surgical treatment in 91 consecutive patients.

In the present retrospective study, 79 percent of the patients were men with a median age of 65.5 years. Of 91 patients, 84 were surgically explored.

[Anterior sacral meningocele. Report on 2 cases treated by the abdominal approach].

Anterior sacral meningocele is a rare affection (150 cases published) that is frequently misdiagnosed with resulting inappropriate, always dangerous treatment. Diagnosis should however be simple to establish on the finding of a fluid hypogastric mass attached to the sacrum with associated radiologic anomalies of the sacrum. Two cases are reviewed and diagnostic and surgical therapy features discussed.

[Spontaneous rupture of the liver in pregnancy. Case study and review of the literature].

The authors report a case of "spontaneous" rupture of the liver in a woman of 35 years of age. This occurred immediately after post-partum eclampsia. It was not possible to obtain complete haemostasis using absorbable haemostatic compresses along the convexity of the liver.

[Cancers of the colon. Results of surgical treatment. Presentation of a series of 234 patients].

This report is a retrospective analysis of the results of surgical treatment in 234 consecutive cases of adenocarcinoma of the colon; 56.4 p. 100 of patients were male with a mean age of 66.