[Clinical use in adults of 2 new muscle relaxants: atracurium and vecuronium].

115 general and urologic surgery adult patients, ASA class I-II, were divided in four groups according to initial bolus and relaxant used: group A atracurium 0.6 mg X kg-1, group B 0.5 mg X kg-1, group C vecuronium 0.

[Epidural morphine for obstetrical pain relief (author's transl)].

Twenty five healthy pregnant women received an epidural injection (at levels varying from T11-T12 to L3-L4) of morphine (2 or 3 mg in 10 ml of saline solution 9 p. thousand) in order to achieve pain relief for delivery. The degree of dilation never exceeded 5 cm at time of injection.

[Pain due to bone metastasis in hormonodependent cancer. Treatment by intrasellar injection of alcohol (author's transl)].

Pain due to bone metastasis in hormonodependent cancer (of the breast or the prostates more particularly) can be relieved by surgery directed at the endocrinic system. The most efficient techniques are hypophysectomies and hypophysiolysis (or neuroadenolysis). The intrasellar injection of alcohol through the transnasal-transsphenoidal route is a fairly simple procedure which can be carried out on such fragile patients without too much risk.

[Comparative study about the analgesic effect of buprenorphine (author's transl)].

In that study we compared the analgesic effects of equianalgesic doses of buprenorphine and morphine taken as the narcotic of reference. The experiment has been undertaken in ten adults having severe cancer pain. The results have been analysed by statistical non parametric tests.