[Laparoscopic appendectomy. Present situation. ABC medical center experience during the last five years].

Objective: To compare the diagnostic and therapeutic accuracy of laparoscopic appendectomy versus open appendectomy.

Background Data: Appendectomy is the treatment of choice for acute appendicitis. Open Appendectomy (OA) has its complications rates (10-20%) and negative explorations in young women are about 25-30%.

[Refundoplication for failed antireflux surgery. Experience in sixteen cases].

Background: We undertook this study to identify the main causes leading to a failed funduplication and to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of reoperation by laparoscopic approach.

Methods: A retrospective and descriptive study was carried out with a review of patient charts. Patients were reoperated for failed antireflux surgery between January 1999 and September 2004.