[Endoscopic sphincterotomy in acute biliary pancreatitis: the complications].

The authors report on a multicentric trial performed on early endoscopic sphincterotomy in severe pancreatitis. A large figure (7.764) of biliary pancreatitis was collected and 4.

[Acute colitis with surgical involvement. A retrospective study].

A retrospective study of 34 patients with acute colitis--inflammatory, ischaemic and other--is presented in order to find out which clinical data are important for diagnosis and therapy. Early aetiological diagnosis and right timing of surgery are mandatory to improve the outcome of critically ill patients. Colectomy associated with proximal diversion and followed by secondary reconstruction led to the best results in patients with surgical indications.

[Annular pancreas: new findings?].

Four cases of anular pancreas are described and compared with the latest references in the literature. It is considered that new anatomic and surgical findings arising from recent studies permit early presurgical diagnosis and give better results with rational surgery.