[Splenectomy for splenomegaly in Ivory Coast. Indications and short term results].

Aim: To study the indications and evaluate the short term results of splenectomy for splenomegaly.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective analysis concerned 31 males and 21 feméles with a mean age of 30,5 yersin old, from February 1998 to December 2003. The aetiologies of splenomegaly were parasites (n=6), benign haematological diseases (n= 24), haematological malignancies (n=6), infections (n=3) and cysts (n=3).

[Left colonic cancer obstruction in Ivory Coast].

Objective: This retrospective study comes forward to study our management of left colonic cancer obstruction by evaluating the mortality and the morbidity.

Patients And Methods: From 1984 to 2001, 21 patients with left colonic cancer obstruction were treated in emergency. They were 12 males and 9 females with a mean age of 40.

[Total rectal prolapse in adults: report of 26 cases in the Ivory Coast].

Several studies are still in progress to improve the results of rectopexy for treatment of full thickness rectal prolapse in adults. The purpose of this study was to evaluate etiologic factors of full thickness rectal prolapse in Ivory Coast and to describe results in 26 patients treated surgically in Africa over a period of 10 years. There were 23 men with ages ranging from 30 to 45 years and 3 women with ages ranging from 45 to 50 years.