[Plastic surgery of defects of the thoracic wall].

Defects of the thoracic wall are mostly due to a malignant disease of the mammary gland. Radiotherapy is one of the essential methods of treating cancer of the breast in addition to primary surgery. If, after surgery, healing occurs by secondary intention or if there is a local recurrence or tumour formation in the thoracic wall due to irradiation, the body's reserves of soft parts are often exhausted and the adjacent tissue has been additionally damaged by the irradiation.

[Innovative concepts for surgical treatment of the carcinoma of the breast].

Breast conserving therapy is a stable element in primary breast cancer treatment. Conservation and also restoration of the breast improve the outcome concerning psychological aspects. Surgical interventions include techniques for classical breast conservation as well as oncoplastic procedures like reduction mammaplasties and different types of flaps.

Behaviour of beta 2-adrenoceptors on lymphocytes under continuous and pulsatile tocolysis with Fenoterol.

The present study investigates the population of beta 2-receptors on lymphocytes in pregnant women with premature labor between the 29th and 34th week of pregnancy. The population of receptors on lymphocytes correlates with that on the myometrium, which is not accessible for study during pregnancy. Fourteen patients received a pulsatile tocolysis, while ten women received a continuous tocolysis with Fenoterol.

[Clinical and chemical laboratory course of HELLP syndrome--a retrospective analysis].

The HELLP-Syndrom (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count) is considered as a severe complication of eclampsia with unpredictable development of pregnancy including high maternal and fetal risk. The result of retrospective analysis of all deliveries of the years 1986-1991 at the UFK Marburg were 28 cases of proved HELLP-Syndrom. Medical history, correlation of clinical and laboratory findings as well as the development of the disease and the neonatal dates were evaluated by computerized documentation.