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C Armbruster

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PubMed1987

[Comparison of the effectiveness of ceftazidime and cefazolin/tobramycin in patients with inflammatory diseases of the lower respiratory tract].

We compared the efficacy of ceftazidime and cefazolin in combination with tobramycin in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from sputum or bronchial secretions from 92 patients. The clinical results were identical in both groups: All patients showed an improvement of the clinical symptoms or were cured. 88% of the patients in the ceftazidime-group and 76% of the patients in the cefazolin/tobramycin-group showed an eradication of the pathogens without superinfection. This difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.095). Monotherapy with ceftazidime was clinically and bacteriologically as effective as a combination therapy with cefazolin and tobramycin.

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PubMed1985

[Extensive multiple hamartomas of the lung of the diffuse juvenile type].

The case report of a 12 year-old female patient suffering from extensive multiple hamartomas of the left lung (diffuse juvenile type) is presented. The clinical features were atypical due to the large size of the tumour. The entire left lung and parts of the pleura and pericardium were involved. The diagnosis was reached only after histological examination of the operation specimen, as is usual with intrapulmonary hamartomas of the lung.

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Stapling devices in gastrointestinal surgery.

In a series of 189 patients, 197 operations (251 stapled anastomoses) were performed. U.S. Surgical Corporation instruments (GIA n = 156, EEA n = 36, TA n = 59) were used in surgery of the stomach, pancreas, small and large bowel, and the rates of complications were investigated. The EEA gave 14% complications because of the frequent failure (33%) of the anastomosis after low anterior resection. The reasons for failure were incomplete rings, colonic wall damage and too short rectal stumps. The use of the EEA in esophago-jejunostomy and esophago-gastrostomy was safe and the postoperative course uneventful. The GIA was used in intestinal and colonic surgery and was pleasant and quick to use (right hemicolectomy: 1 hour 40 minutes; sigmoid resection: 1 hour 45 minutes). Complications occurred in the intestine (6%) and colon (7%). Only with GIA stapled anastomoses was there a risk of hemorrhage (2.5%). The incidence of anastomotic leakage (all staplers) was 3.6%; the stapler was responsible for a 2.0% mortality. Weighing up the indications and contraindications of stapling devices, this method presents an advantageous but not indispensable method in gastrointestinal surgery.

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