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Publications and source records attributed to G Perreault.
Fourteen consecutive cases of acute epiglottitis were treated by nasotracheal intubation during a ten-month period. The duration of intubation averaged 47.2 hours. No mortality or morbidity occurred. Mean hospitalization was 4.6 days. This study demonstrates the ease of maintaining an assured airway by nasotracheal intubation in cases of acute epiglottitis.
There appears to be definite heterogeneity within the campomelic syndromes. We are broadly classifying these into the classic or long bone campomelic syndromes and 2 distinct short bone varieties designated as the normocephalic short-boned and craniosynostotic short-boned types, respectively (Table 1).
FIVE CASES OF INTESTINAL ATRESIA IN THREE FAMILIES WHO HAD COMMon ancestors are reported. Consanguinity was present in two of the sibships. The lesions were located at multiple sites of the gastrointestinal tract, from the stomach to the anal margin. Intraluminal calcifications were also observed in the intestine. The authors suggest that this well-delineated congenital defect has an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance.
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This is a review of 188 cases of intussusception collected in 4 separate studies over an 18 year period and compared with each other. An early diagnosis by the pediatrician, the immediate consultation of a pediatric surgeon to detect signs of peritoneal irritation and to attend the barium enema and a well trained pediatric radiologist are essential for success with the barium enema technic of reduction. The percentage of successful reduction by this method increased to 72% in 1972-1974 and then dropped to 56% during the following year. The main factor for this change was the implication of less experienced radiology residents.
A retrospective study was made of 105 pyeloplasties in 103 patients over a period of 18 years with the aim of precisely determining the role of urinary diversion in the post-operative period by nephrostomy tube and/or ureteral splint. A group of patients undergoing the same type of procedure, but without diversion, served as controls. Short-term results are evaluated clinically and radiologically and long-term results are evaluated by review of X-ray charts. These results were submitted to statistical analysis that have helped to demystify the role played aby diversion in pyeloplasties.