Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to P J Delpont.
The value of the assay of the sub-units of human chorionic gonadotrophin in the diagnosis and follow-up of trophoblastic disease is generally recognised. The authors stress that this follow-up allows a maximal preservation of the genital tract of the patients and an evaluation of the real effectiveness of treatment.
Atypical and severe hyperplasia of the endometrium is often associated with a carcinoma and, on their own, present a malignant potential which requires a specific treatment, involving an extension of the indications for hysterectomy after the menopause.
Sterility in North African immigrants does not differ greatly from the sterility observed in French women. The authors emphasise one particular difference: the frequency of genital tuberculosis present in 1/3 of cases compared with 6 per cent of the general population.
Gynaecological arteriovenous fistulae are a difficult diagnosis and their aetiology is often difficult to determine. The surgical treatment is not always satisfactory and the prognosis can be transformed by means of embolisation.
The authors study all of the possible forms of foeto-maternal immunisation (ABO system, D antigen and other antigens). They present a general review of the course of allo-immunisations since the establishment of prophylaxis against anti-D allo-immunisations and they define the current situation.
Two series of trials of labour are compared: the first series without any particular analgesia and the second under epidural analgesia. The caesarian rate was significantly less in the second series because the trial of labour was able to be pursued for a longer period of time without any danger to the foetus. The authors consider that, provided cases of mechanical dystocia and maternal agitation are eliminated, trial of labour under epidural anaesthesia can result in a real cephalopelvic engagement.