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B Maurin

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PubMed1985

[Cancer of the gastric antrum. What can be expected from the systematic enlargement of the excision? Retrospective study of 73 cases].

The results of 73 consecutive curative resections for adenocarcinoma of the gastric antrum (37 distal subtotal gastrectomies and 36 electively extended total gastrectomies) are presented. The location and size of the tumour and the degree of lymph node involvement were similar in both groups (excluding superficial carcinomas), but the patients with subtotal gastrectomy were significantly older than the others (mean age : 70.5 and 59 years respectively). The operative mortality rate was 13.6% in each group, but the post-operative hospital stay was longer for total gastrectomy patients. The five-year survival rate overall (including operative deaths) was 44.3%. There was no difference in survival rate between the two types of operation (49.7% for subtotal, and 45.6% for total gastrectomy, operative deaths excluded). Survival was related to the degree of parietal spread and nodal involvement. These results are in favour of subtotal gastrectomy for antral adenocarcinoma.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1984

[Left internal paraduodenal hernia: a case in a young adult].

The authors report the case of a left paraduodenal hernia which involved almost the entire small intestine in a 15 year old girl who presented with recurrence episodes of acute abdominal pain associated with König's syndrome. Radiologic examination (plain film of the abdomen and upper GI series with small bowel follow-through) was suspicious, but did not establish the diagnosis due to unfamiliarity with the radiologic appearance of the condition. The roentgenograms are shown as well as the intraoperative findings. Anatomic, pathophysiologic, clinical, and radiologic characteristics are reviewed.

Abdomen, Acute↗
PubMed1983

[Digestive complications of radiotherapy of gynecologic cancers: therapeutic possibilities].

It appears that there are a certain number of complications in the digestive tract that still occur in spite of improvements in techniques of irradiation therapy. They may only appear a few months or even a few years after the treatment, and sometimes they only appear when the initial growth is considered to have been cured. The clinical picture is dominated by the appearance of fistulae, of adhesions and of stenoses which give rise to sub-acute or sometimes acute obstructions. From the anatomical point of view all elements of the digestive tube are affected with a predominance of the fibro-hyaline elements of the muscles and the arteries. The possibilities for surgical treatment are limited. Excision with anastomosis would seem to be more risky than diversion. We have had to operate on ten of our eleven patients, of whom six died and only one of these directly because of recurrence of the initial growth. Only prevention can lessen the mortality of these severe complications.

Aged↗
PubMed1982

[Digestive endometriosis. Current concepts].

Endometriosis involving the digestive tract accounts for 1% of all cases of the disease. There is a marked predominance in the recto-sigmoid and terminal ileal loops. Symptomatology is dominated by disturbances in intestinal transit, sub-occlusion or acute obstruction, pain worsening at the time of menstruation and by a haemorrhagic rectal discharge again accompanying menstruation. Apart from classical aetiopathogenic theories such as grafting onto the digestive tract by tubal, lymph vessel or venous propagation, it would appear that prostaglandins and in particular a change in the (formula; see text) ratio may play a large role. Operative resection of localised stenosis combined with oophorectomy, if the latter is possible in view of the patient's age, or prolonged medical treatment with progestational agents or even better Danazol results in cure and avoids recurrences.

Adult↗
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[Surgery for excision of malignant duodenocolic fistulas. Review of the literature apropos of a case].

Malignant duodenocolic fistula is nearly exclusively the fact of carcinoma of the hepatic flexure; it is one of the most uncommon and particular evolutive complication, because of its rapid nutritional disturbances and difficult surgical management. The authors report the case of a 78 year old man, still alive 18 months after a one staged right colectomy and pancreatico duodenectomy. The analysis of 26 others cases from literature treated with the same procedure or, most frequently, with right colectomy and partial duodenectomy allows to discuss indications and results of radical surgery: though it is possible at least in half cases, it represent a much better functional solution compared to complex by-pass procedures: more over its seems to be prognostically justifiable: out of 23 curative resected patients in this series, 6 at least (26%) are still alive from 9 to 26 years after.

Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous↗
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[Duodenal varices. Review of the literature apropos of a case].

The authors report a case of digestive hemorrhage secondary to isolated duodenal varicosities, in a patient with ethylic cirrhosis. The diagnosis done through optical fibroscope was confirmed by arteriography. The evolution was unfavorable. Lesions were corroborated by autopsy. A review of the literature is done, about the 22 cases already published. With the help of these cases to authors stress the points that can lead to the good diagnosis and what therapeutical management should be done.

Adult↗