["Tension-free" hernioplasty with prosthesis: comparison of 2 techniques].

The paper evaluates the results of the surgical therapy of primary inguinal hernia in adult subjects performed in our Institution from 1994 to 2000. The Trabucco and Lichtenstein procedures were compared. Two hundred and fifteen patients--123 Trabucco and 92 Lichtenstein--were enrolled in the study.

Peripheral paraneoplastic neuropathy, an uncommon clinical onset of sigmoid cancer. Case report and review of the literature.

A case of a 76-year-old man presenting with weakness of the lower legs and bilateral steppage gait is described. Neurological examination revealed a sensorimotor neuropathy with axonopathy and myelinic aspects. At the time of the diagnostic workup an episode of rectal bleeding occurred.