Anti-GQ1b antibody syndrome presenting as acute isolated bilateral ophthalmoplegia: Report on two patients and review of the literature.

Background: Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) is an acute polyradiculoneuritis regarded as an uncommon clinical variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). MFS is characterized by the acute onset of the clinical triad of ophthalmoplegia, cereballar ataxia and areflexia. Atypical forms of MFS presenting as isolated ophthalmoplegia without ataxia have been rarely described, mostly in adults.

Restoration of digestive continuity after Hartmann's procedure.

Background/aims: Reestablishment of colonic continuity (RDC) following Hartmann's procedure is associated with high morbidity (anastomotic leak 4-16%) and mortality (0-4%) rates. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the morbidity of RDC following Hartmann's procedure, and to analyze the various factors which may be able to influence the rate of complications.

Methodology: From 1996 to 2002, 74 patients were treated by Hartmann's colectomy.

[The contribution of anterior seromyotomy with posterior truncal vagotomy in the treatment of chronic duodenal ulcer].

Contribution to the anterior seromyotomy and posterior truncal vagotomy in the treatment of chronic duodenal ulcer. The authors report a technique of anterior seromyotomy of the gastric lesser curvature with posterior truncal vagotomy for the surgical treatment of chronic duodenal ulcer disease. This technique offers more advantages than the highly selective vagotomy: it is an easier operation to perform, less time consuming and reproducible.

[Treatment of large midline eventration with aponeurosis autograft and retromuscular prosthesis. Apropos of 40 case reports].

Forty patients presenting midline incisional hernias either recurring or larger than 10 cm in transversal diameter were treated using Teflon prosthesis. Implantation site was the retromuscular space following the J. Rives technique.