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A Garbarini

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[Acute renal failure and acute abdomen].

A series of patients with acute renal failure (ARF) and acute abdomen collected by the St. John the Baptist Hospital's Nephrology and Dialysis Division over the period 1970-75 is examined. A high rate of mortality was noted, due to causes that were mostly independent of ARF Death was often related to failure to resolve acute abdomen. The progression of ARF appeared to be related to that of the abdominal affection with prompt resolution of the latter. These findings suggest that constriction of the afferent arteriole may offer a partial, functional basis for ARF with the corollary that it has a good chance of being reversed, even after protracted periods of anuria. Renal complications associated with disseminated or localised intravascular coagulation appear to be rare. Treatment was best directed to early and frequent dialysis, with surgical resolution whenever indicated, irrespective of the presence of ARF.

Abdomen, Acute↗

[Use of the rendez-vous technique in endoscopic insertion of biliary prosthesis in malignant obstructive jaundice].

The paper describes the Authors' personal experience of the use of the rendez-vous technique (using a combined endoscopic-transhepatic route) for the endoscopic insertion of biliary prosthesis in cases of malignant obstructive jaundice. Having illustrated the series of cases, the paper proposes the use of this technique in the event of endoscopic failure due to the smaller incidence of complications compared the use of a wholly transhepatic route.

Bile Ducts↗

[Treatment of postoperative biliary fistulas by endoscopic papillosphincterotomy and nasobiliary drain].

Personal experience in the non-surgical treatment of postoperative biliary fistulas observed between July 1987 and October 1990 is reported. Leakage were treated with an endoscopic technique (papillosphincterotomy+nasobiliary drain) in 11 of 12 patients in an average time of 2 weeks. The 12 patient, who presented a lesion of an intrahepatic duct, needed 2 months to heal following combined endoscopic-percutaneous manoeuvres. On the basis, then, of the good results obtained, it is recommended that in these cases, non-surgical treatment should be carried out on principle, choosing endoscopy as the initial access route.

Biliary Fistula↗

[Biliary drainage in neoplastic obstructive icterus].

The authors consider the use of endoscopic or transhepatic bile drainage to regress jaundice and cholestasis before surgical treatment (radical or palliative) or like an alternative to it.

Catheterization↗

[Intestinal occlusion caused by endometriosis].

Three cases of intestinal occlusion due to endometriosis, presenting as surgical emergencies, are reported. After a review of the literature on the incidence of endometriosis, the mechanisms underlying the occlusive process and the various anatomopathological pictures are presented. The reasons why no correct preoperative diagnosis was possible and the problems encountered in differential diagnosis, particularly with respect to carcinoma of the colon and the sigma-rectum, are discussed. It is considered that correct preoperative diagnosis is very important to avoid subjecting the non-cancer patient to destructive surgery. The therapy recommended for intestinal occlusion due to suspected endometriosis is presented.

Adult↗

[Emergency surgery problems: selective decompression of esophagogastric varices].

The physiopathological premisses of portosystemic anastomosis and the modern approach to this question are explained. Stress is laid on the general and haemodynamic advantages offered by selective shunts and 6 cases (4 distal splenorenal and 2 coronarocava shunts) are presented. As yet the postoperative period is not long enough to enable a final judgement to be formed. However, it can be stated that the success of this form of management is primarily determined by the proper choice of candidates, i.e. patients with non-decompensated initial cirrhosis and unimpaired portal hepatic flow.

Adult↗

[Villose polyps of the duodenum].

A case of villous polyps of the duodenum is reported, world-wide series also being considered. The various symptomatologies and percentages of malignant transformation and localization are described and stress laid on the superiority of endoscopy to radiography owing to the fact that it gave: 1) exact site and nature diagnosis of the lesion during the haemorrhagic phase; 2) exact histological and topographical diagnosis, following the haemorrhage, paving the way to the subsequent surgery.

Aged↗

[Long-term results of gastric resection with reconstruction, using the Billroth I method].

Clinical, radiological and endoscopic results at follow-up about 1-5 yr after surgery in a series of 62 patients subjected to Billroth I resection are compared with those in the literature. Recurrence of ulcers was observed in 8% (as opposed to 5% with the Billroth II). In addition, there was a marked reduction in the incidence of post-resection diseases, with less serious forms of dumping, sounder digestion, and smaller weight losses.

Gastrectomy↗