A tool for transhepatic stenting.

A modified method for transhepatic tube stenting is presented. The use of a No. 25 gauge music wire (1.

Anaplastic adenocarcinoma of the thyroid gland: a study of ten cases.

Anaplastic carcinoma of thyroid gland, while rare, is the most common cause of death from thyroid cancer. Ten cases from a teaching department of surgery have been reviewed, with two-year follow up. Steps in pathological behaviour and management of this lesion are discussed.

[Experimental intrauterine surgery: the creation of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a sheep fetus].

Up to 50% of the neonates operated during the first hours of life for a congenital diaphragmatic hernia die. The presence of a severe lung hypoplasia, which is at the origin of hypoxia, acidosis, increased pulmonary vascular resistance and right to left shunt, explains the poor clinical results, in spite of surgical success and intensive therapy. A modern approach to the problem includes treatment with pulmonary vasodilator drugs, whose effects are still discussed.