[Two stage videoassisted restorative proctocolectomy. Early experience of 12 cases].

Aim Of The Study: This study reports our early experience in two-stage video assisted restorative proctocolectomy (RPC).

Patients And Methods: From May 1999 to May 2003, 12 video assisted RPCs were performed (mucosal ulcerative colitis: n = 11; familial adenomatous polyposis: n = 1). These patients were matched for age, gender, body mass index and indication for surgery, with 12 patients who underwent RPC by laparotomy (open group).

[Damage control laparotomy for haemorragic abdominal trauma. A retrospective multicentric study about 109 cases].

Aim Of The Study: Damage control laparotomy is a new approach to the more severe abdominal traumas. It stems from a better understanding of the physiopathology of the haemorragic shock.

Patients And Methods: A national retrospective study from 27 centers about 109 trauma patients who underwent a damage control procedure between January 1990 and December 2001, is analysed.

Screening for primary hyperparathyroidism before thyroid surgery: A prospective study.

Background: Misdiagnosed primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) during thyroid surgery may lead to a difficult reoperation. Because PHPT is often asymptomatic, calcium measurements have been recommended before thyroid surgery, but no study has focused on the results of a prospective PHPT screening.

Methods: The prospective study of 748 patients consisted of 2-step screening of calcium measurement in all patients (normal range, 2.

Comparison of concentrations of sulbactam-ampicillin administered by bolus injections or bolus plus continuous infusion in tissues of patients undergoing colorectal surgery.

The concentrations of sulbactam and ampicillin were determined in sera and different abdominal tissues of 16 patients who underwent elective colorectal surgery. Patients were randomly allocated to two groups. At the time of induction of anesthesia, patients in group 1 (eight patients) were given 1,000 mg of sulbactam with 2,000 mg of ampicillin by intravenous bolus injection (3 min).