Gastric cancer: the French survey.

Presentation of a multicentric retrospective french study concerning 4,655 cases of gastric cancer operated between 1980 and 1996. The mean age was 67.4 years old with a male predominance of 63.

[Laparoscopic treatment of large hiatal hernias using a prosthesis. Report of ten cases].

Objective: To evaluate prospectively the laparoscopic surgery for giant hiatal hernias treated by fundoplication and hiatal prosthesis.

Patients And Methods: Ten patients were included in this study. Surgical technic included the dissection of oesophageal hiatus, the sac excision and the dissection of the abdominal oesophagus to obtain a physiological length.

[Wound healing and hyperbaric oxygen. Experimental study of the angiogenesis phase in the rat].

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) is widely reported as highly favourable to wound healing. The experimental models generally used to investigate its effects are difficult to set up and reliable quantification of the results obtained is rarely achieved. The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms occurring during HBO remain poorly understood and its mode of application for clinical practice is difficult to standardise.

[Results of fundoplication by laparoscopic approach in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux. Apropos of 224 cases].

Study Aim: The aim of this paper is to evaluate prospectively immediate and 2-year results of laparoscopic fundoplicature (LF) for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Patients And Methods: Patients presenting GERD who had been previously submitted to a long-term medical treatment were included in this study. Preoperative workup included upper GI tract endoscopy, esophageal manometry and 24-hour pHmetry.

[Gastroduodenal ulcer. New therapy and new clinical practice?].

Duodenal, prepyloric, and gastric ulcers are based on different pathophysiological processes. The achievements obtained from therapeutic medication, using H2-blockers, have reduced indications for surgical treatment, primarily for duodenal ulcer. Surgery has continued to be required for failure of medicamentous therapy, recurrence, development of intercurrent diseases calling for corticoid or anti-coagulant treatment, patients above 55 years of age with haemorrhage, occurrence of severe side effects, and, occasionally, for economic reasons.