Manual Superficial Keratectomy Is the First Choice Treatment for Salzmann Nodular Degeneration.

Purpose: This study aimed to describe the optical and topographic changes after manual superficial keratectomy (MSK) for Salzmann nodular degeneration.

Methods: This was a descriptive, retrospective study. All patients with a clinical diagnosis of Salzmann nodular degeneration were examined at the Cornea Service of the Instituto Clínico Quirúrgico de Oftalmología (ICQO), Bilbao, Spain, and treated with MSK after presenting ocular discomfort and/or decreased visual acuity.

[Management of the perineal wound in abdominoperineal resection or in proctocilectomy].

The methods of pelvic and perineal drainage and its complications, in 105 cases with proctocolectomy or abdominoperineal resection are analyzed. Those cases with an open perineal wound or partly closed wound using soft or rigid drains showed an average incidence rate of wound infection of 38 per cent (30 to 50 per cent). In the other hand when primary perineal closure and suction drainage were performed, the morbidity rate was 13 per cent.

[Familial polyposis of the colon. Analysis of 17 cases].

Seventeen cases of familiar polyposis of the colon seen in the National Institute of Nutrition are reviewed. In 12 of the cases (70%) there were family histories of colonic polyposis. Ten patients (50%) developed carcinoma and of these 7 were located in the rectosigmoide.