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[On the problem of echinococosis of the bone and its surgical therapy].
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[Experience in the treatment of bone paronychia].
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[On surgical therapy of false joints, ununited fractures and defects of the long bones].
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[On the surgical treatment of bone cysts].
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[Plombage of solitary cysts of bone by a muscle flap].
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[Decalcification from a surgical viewpoint].
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[Roentgenological character of the periosteal reaction after trauma in pathologically changed tissue].
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[Considerations on the treatment of solitary osseous cysts].
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The use of plaster of Paris to fill defects in bone.
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Splenectomy in blood dyscrasia.
THE DECISION FOR SPLENECTOMY MUST BE BASED ON A KNOWLEDGE OF THE THREE FUNCTIONS OF THE SPLEEN: Hematopoiesis (usually ceasing during fetal life but sometimes resuming when bone marrow function fails); filtration of abnormal and senescent cells and control of bone marrow activity, most probably humoral. When bone marrow function fails, splenectomy is contraindicated since splenic hematopoiesis becomes a vital function. On the other hand, when a large proportion of erythrocytes are abnormally shaped (spherocytes), although otherwise adequate, the spleen may trap these cells in its filter and destroy large numbers. Splenectomy is beneficial in almost every case of congenital spherocytosis, but in only half the cases of the acquired defect. In panhematocytopenia, thrombocytopenia and neutropenia, all apparently due to depression of hematopoiesis by endocrine or other action of the spleen, splenectomy may be beneficial if medical therapy fails.A SURGEON UNDERTAKING SPLENECTOMY SHOULD RECOGNIZE TWO SPECIAL PROBLEMS: (1) The presence of accessory spleens, which if not removed may negate the effects of the operation, and (2) the apparently high rate of infection in infants and children who have undergone splenectomy.