[Treatment is not diagnostic. Therapeutic common sense regarding class III dysmorphia].

Class III dysmorphia, classically distributed in hereditary or functional etiology, have often multifactorial causes. Breaking the dysmorpho-dysfunctional cascade with early treatment may seem to be an essential alternative to give growth a new orientation. Whether the treatments are preventive, interceptive with or without an appliance, orthodontic or surgical (early, first-line or late), this takes more account of the clinical form than of age.

Recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax six years after VATS pleurectomy: evidence for formation of neopleura.

Background: Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax (PSP) is considered an absolute and definitive contraindication for scuba diving and professional flying, unless bilateral surgical pleurectomy is performed. Only then is there a sufficiently low risk of recurrence to allow a waiver for flying and/or diving.

Case Presentation: A young fit male patient who suffered a PSP 6 years ago, and underwent an uncomplicated videoscopic surgical pleurectomy, presented with a complete collapse of the lung on the initial PSP side.

Residual appendicitis following incomplete laparoscopic appendectomy.

Growing popularity of laparoscopic interventions must bring along a thorough knowledge of possible complications inherent to the laparoscopic technique. With these two cases of residual appendicitis following incomplete appendectomy, the authors want to warn for this complication. Surgeons should be aware of residual appendicitis as a possible cause of acute abdomen at any time following a laparoscopic appendectomy.

Limy bile and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Objective: To determine incidence of 'limy bile' in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy; to analyze patient characteristics and preoperative imaging modalities in these patients and evaluate surgical treatment.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective analysis of 1800 laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed between March 1990 and March 1998 for symptomatic gallbladder disease.

Results: Five patients with limy bile (0.

Residual appendicitis following incomplete laparoscopic appendectomy.

Growing popularity of laparoscopic interventions must bring along a thorough knowledge of possible complications inherent to the laparoscopic technique. With these two cases of residual appendicitis following incomplete appendectomy, the authors want to warn for this complication. Surgeons should be aware of residual appendicitis as a possible cause of acute abdomen at any time following a laparoscopic appendectomy.