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M Pouyet

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Postoperative electromyographic profile in human jejunum.

The postoperative electromyographic profile of the proximal jejunum and its evolution during recovery from surgery were defined in fasted humans after cholecystectomy. An intraluminal probe supporting four groups of bipolar electrodes was transnasally inserted at the end of surgery to allow continuous recording of jejunal electrical activity over 4 consecutive days. Electromyographic activity was characterized by an early reappearance of phase 3 of migrating myoelectric complexes (MMC) lasting 5.2 +/- 0.6 minutes and occurring at 38.1 +/- 3.1-minute intervals at day 1 after surgery. During the 4 days after surgery, there was an increased duration of MMC, mainly consisting of phase 2 occurrence with an increased duration and lengthening of the MMC cycle. The amplitude of spikes during phase 3 increased. During the postoperative period, characterized by an inversion of the circadian rhythm, the velocity of propagation was higher (p less than 0.05) between 18:00 and 06:00 (4.0 +/- 0.5 cm/minute) than between 06:00 and 18:00 (3.1 +/- 0.3 cm/minute). In contrast, the duration of phase 2 was lower during nighttime (18:00 to 06:00) than during daytime. The authors conclude that during the early (1 to 2 days) period after cholecystectomy, the jejunal electromyographic activity is limited to phase 3 activity, but that a normal fasted pattern is recovered after 4 days. A progressive reorganization and coordination of the intestinal tract may account for this delay.

Aged

[Orthotopic liver transplantation for severe amanita phalloides poisoning].

Forty-eight hours after a women was poisoned by ingesting Amanita phalloides mushrooms, she developed fulminant hepatic failure with collapse, pH 7.24, lactic acidosis 7.6 mmol/l, hypoglycaemia 3.5 mmol/l, anuria and stage IV coma requiring tracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. Transaminase level was up to 8,000 UI/l. Prothrombin and factor V levels were below 10 percent, with an APT time of 86 s versus a 29 s control time. Twenty-four hours after her admission, the patient underwent orthotopic liver transplantation. The postoperative period was uneventful, with return to consciousness and rapid normalization of hepatic biochemistry values, without signs of acute rejection. This 10th published case of orthotopic liver transplantation for Amanita phalloides poisoning with acute hepatic necrosis confirms that this type of treatment must be systematically envisaged in all such cases.

Amanita

Continuous arteriovenous haemodialysis during emergency hepatic retransplantation: two case reports.

Two patients with severe hepatic and renal failure underwent emergency hepatic retransplantation (2nd and 6th day after transplantation). Continuous arteriovenous haemodialysis was begun before surgery and successfully performed, without any incident, during the retransplantation with a biospal (SCU/CAVH AN 69 S) device, without pump. Vascular access was obtained with femoral catheters. Such a continuous dialysis and ultrafiltration allowed us to infuse massive amounts of blood products before and during surgery and to maintain pH, potassium and lactate at levels compatible with survival in anuric patients. Standard haemodialysis replaced CAVHD when haemodynamic stability was restored.

Acute Kidney Injury

[Surgical treatment of peptic stenosis of the esophagus].

36 patients with peptic strictures were operated between 1981 and 1987. 40 operations performed because 4 recurrences after a first intervention obliged to a re-operation. The conservative procedure was used in 29 cases (72.5%). A resection had to be done in 11 cases (27.5%), with 3 re-operations after a first conservative treatment. 1 patient died in hospital. The follow up concerns all patient after a minimum of 2 years. 31 patients (88%) remained symptom free, but 4 patients required further surgery. No mortality and a low morbidity with conservative surgical method were observed. The rate of success was 76% with 24% of recurrence. For us, the best conservative method is total fundoplicatio if possible (sometimes on a gastric cone in case of reflux stricture with shortening of the esophagus). The duodenal diversion is recommended if approach of hiatus is too difficult (re-operation) and in case of alkaline reflux.

Adult

[Fulminant and subfulminant hepatitis treated by orthotopic transplantation of the liver. Apropos of 10 cases].

In the period between 15/12/1987 and 15/08/1989, ten patients with either fulminating or subfulminating hepatitis have been treated by orthotopic liver transplantation (O.L.T.). Six patients are doing well in the post-operative period with a mean follow-up of 12 months (7-23 months). No evidence of neurological sequelae has been observed and recurrence of HB virus infection was absent from the three cases who survived hepatitis B transplantation. Four out these ten patients died after initial successful O.L.T... One patient succumbed 7 days after O.L.T. from sepsis or early super-acute rejection, the second 21 days after O.L.T. from neuromeningeal listeria, the third 43 days post O.L.T. from acute rejection, while the fourth developed cytomegalovirus pneumonia and died 61 days after O.L.T. Orthotopic liver transplantation has become the treatment of fulminating hepatitis. It is an emergency which is usually accompanied by successive difficulties in decision making: indication criteria, then acceptance or refusal of ABO incompatible grafts (5/10) and of suboptimal donors. Orthotopic liver transplantation for fulminating hepatitis is technically easy to perform, but usually requires the use of extra-corporal veno-venous circulation. Accompanying intensive medical care is essential and usually includes one or multiple plasmaphereses to correct existing coagulopathy without any fluid or sodium overload to the circulation.

Acute Disease

[Excisional surgery of hepatic metastases of colorectal adenocarcinoma].

Between 1981 and 1985, 39 patients had hepatic resection for colorectal cancer liver metastases 44 operations (5 iteratives resections) were performed with 33 major hepatectomy. There was no mortality. Long term results showed: a one year 53% survival, a two years 23% survival, a three years 11% survival. 28 patients had recurrences; 15 of these 28 had hepatic recurrences. According to recent literature the high level of hepatic recurrence suggest that surgical resection should be accompanied with regional chemotherapy.

Actuarial Analysis

[Peroperative radiotherapy. Initial experience at the Red Cross Hospital].

Intra operative radiation therapy is a new look at an old idea (Rich). In relation with the first experience at the Croix-Rousse Hospital with orthovoltage, a review of technical choices, surgical problems, and biological questions is presented. The analysis of literature about accumulated clinical results suggest that local control in recurrence, residual, or inoperable tumor can be obtained by combined surgery IOR, and external beam irradiation. This short experience demonstrate the feasibility of the treatment as a routine and emphasizes the need for continued study.

Adult

[What is the potential number of indications for liver grafts in France per year?].

The progress recently made in liver transplantation requires an estimation of the potential number of cases per year in France. The study of French Death Rate per age group, compared with either formal, discutable or aleatory indications of transplantation, is a valuable basis for that calculation. It confirms the relative scarcity of the potential number of liver transplantations, which can be estimated at between 2 or 3 per year and per million inhabitants.

Adult

[Electromyographic profile of the human jejunum after abdominal surgery].

The purpose of this work was to describe the electromyographical profile of the jejunum observed after various types of abdominal operations. The electromyogram of the first 140 centimeters of the small intestine was recorded on a continuous basis by an intraluminal tube between the 6th and 20th day after abdominal surgery in twenty patients. Results allow us to describe a profile of the patient's intestinal electromyogram after abdominal surgery. It was characterized by three consecutive periods: a) early reappearance of migrating myoelectric complexes occurring during the first period; b) a very short second period beginning immediately before the expulsion of gases; during this period the electrical activity fluctuated and appeared disorganised; c) finally, during the third period, after gas expulsion, peristaltic rushes were associated with normalized migrating myoelectrical complexes. Both early and permanent migrating myoelectrical complexes characterize the normal postoperative period. Continuous linear integration of the jejunal electromyogram might be a useful tool for the monitoring of postoperative intestinal motility as a routine procedure.

Abdomen

[Crohn's disease. Apropos of 72 surgical cases].

The authors report a series of 72 cases of Crohn's disease, and discuss the clinical and pathological aspects, the surgical treatment and results. A critical study of the operations in view of the requirements of the disease showed that incomplete resection was mainly responsible for the recurrences. In most cases, the word relapse was more suitable to describe the poor results noted. Immediate radical removal gives such good results that these outweigh the functional disadvantages.

Adolescent