[Laparoscopy for perfored duodenal ulcer : conversion and morbidity factors: retrospective study of 290 cases].

Background: feasibility and advantages of laparoscopic approach in performed duodenal ulcer have no longer to be demonstrated. Laparoscopic suture and peritoneal cleaning expose to a conversion rate between 10 and 23%. However less than laparotomy, morbidity of this approach is not absent.

[What's new in rectal cancer?].

Background: In recent years, multidisciplinary therapeutic management of rectal cancer has evolved. This progress had interest radio and chemotherapy.

Aim: To describe the main spots of the progress in the therapeutic strategies of the disease, surgical techniques and standardization of these techniques, particularly regarding locoregional extension in the mesorectum.