[Five years survival after treatment of gallbladder metastasis of malignant melanoma]. / Survie à 5 ans après traitement d'une métastase vésiculaire d'un mélanome malin.

A case of an isolated gallbladder metastasis from a malignant melanoma is reported in a 32 year old woman. The patient has been treated by cholecystectomy and chemotherapy and was free of any recurrence 5 years after treatment.

[Posterior cardiopexy technique]. / Technique des cardiopexies postérieures.

The technique of Hill's posterior cardiopexy is based on precise anatomical criteria. Hill's "strips" actually correspond to the peri-oesophageal connective tissue described by Boutelier. The operation consists of closing the oesophageal hiatus and attaching the "strips" to the preaortic fascia. We prefer to perform the operation via a left subcostal incision without intraoperative manometry and we complete the procedure by fixing the fundus of the stomach to the left side of the oesophagus.

[Pyloric exclusion for disinsertion of the papilla following closed trauma of the abdomen. Apropos of 2 cases]. / Exclusion pylorique pour désinsertion de la papille par traumatisme fermé de l'abdomen. A propos de deux cas.

Two cases of disinsertion of the papilla following closed trauma to the abdomen were treated by suction of the papilla by a Y loop associated with temporary pyloric exclusion, gastroenterostomy and a feeding jejunostomy. The postoperative course was uneventful in the two patients. This technique is therefore indicated for associated pancreatic lesions which do not require cephalic duodenopancreatectomy.

[Cephalic duodenopancreatectomy with preservation of the pylorus]. / Duodéno-pancréatectomie céphalique avec conservation du pylore.

We report a technique of cephalic pancreatico-duodenectomy preserving the pylorus which differs from that initially devised by Longmire and Traverso. Restoration of digestive tract continuity consists successively of end-to-end duodeno-jejunal anastomosis, end-to-side choledoco-jejunal anastomosis and end-to-side pancreatico-jejunal anastomosis. The simple technique has the advantage of restoring a perfectly physiological circuit. It seems to produce satisfactory immediate and mid- or long-term results with improvements in the patients' comfort.

[Present status of the Taylor method in perforated ulcer of the duodenal bulb]. / Place actuelle de la méthode de Taylor dans l'ulcère perforé du bulbe duodénal.

Therapy by Taylor's method was attempted in 61 of 96 patients with perforated ulcer of duodenal cap. Treatment was effective in 50 cases (more than 50%) and morbidity and mortality were low. Most operated cases were recipients of simple treatment for the perforation, more rarely combined with therapy for the ulcer disease. Postoperative mortality was very high (24% of patients operated upon) but appeared to be related mainly to associated risk factors. Only 8 of the patients treated by Taylor's method required recovery surgery, while this was necessary in 4 patients operated upon initially and given simple treatment for the perforation. These findings suggest efficacy of Taylor's method for treatment of perforated duodenal ulcer, avoiding operation or allowing treatment of the ulcer disease once the acute episode has passed.

[Primary non-parasitic cyst of the diaphragm. Review of the literature. Apropos of a case]. / Kyste primitif non parasitaire du diaphragme. Revue de la littérature. A propos d'un cas.

The authors report a case of mesothelial cyst of the diaphragm, discovered on ultrasonography performed for pain in the right hypochondrium and treated by simple surgical excision. Based on a review of the literature, they define the topographical, histological and therapeutic aspects of these lesions, which are now recognised more frequently due to the progress in medical imaging.

[Syndrome of transverse testicular ectopia with persistent Müllerian vestiges or empty bursa with overfilled funiculus spermaticus]. / Le syndrome d'ectopie testiculaire transverse avec persistance de vestiges mulleriens ou la bourse vide et le cordon trop plein.

Transverse parorchidium is characterized by the presence of two testes in the same bursa, and may be associated with persistent Müllerian vestige in the spermatic cord of the normally situated testis. Persistence of Müllerian vestige is related to inadequate production of anti-Müllerian hormone by the embryonal testis. Transverse parorchidium is caused by the emergence of both deferent ducts into the Müllerian vestige. Diagnosis is evoked by the presence of an empty bursa associated with an abnormally hard spermatic cord contralaterally. This syndrome should be known of surgeons, as ablation of the Müllerian vestige consecutive to surgical management of a hernia or ectopic testis may lead to the sectioning of the deferent ducts.

[Traumatic rupture of the duodenum in adults. Clinicopathologic and therapeutic considerations. Apropos of 9 cases]. / Ruptures traumatiques du duodénum chez l'adulte. Considérations anatomo-cliniques et thérapeutiques. A propos de neuf observations.

Injuries to the duodenum are rare and their treatment is controversial. We have wanted to assess the results of treatment in 9 cases of duodenal trauma operated successively. 6 patients were operated at once because of associated lesions producing a state of shock. The other 3 had isolate lesions and were all operated after a waiting time. 5 patients had a simple suture after excision of the margins of the wound. 2 underwent controlled fistulization on a Pezzer probe associated to a feeding jejunostomy. In 2 cases, papillar disinsertion was treated by cupping the papilla with an ascended loop and by temporary pyloric exclusion. No patient died after surgery, and no duodenal fistula was noted. In case of controlled fistulization, the scar was obtained within 21 days. We think that duodenal wounds examined early can readily be sutured if there is no loss of substance. When the duodenal wound is isolate, the delay in treatment leads us to prefer controlled fistulization associated to feeding jejunostomy.

[Long-term results of necessarily extensive colectomies for cancer. A retrospective study of 41 cases]. / Résultats à long terme des colectomies élargies de nécessité pour cancer. Etude rétrospective de 41 cas.

In the present study, we try to discuss the results of the "en bloc" surgical resection of the extensive cancer of the colon which infiltrates one or more of the neighboring organs. Data from 41 patients who underwent this kind of operation from 1970 to 1988 were reviewed. The localisation, currently seen of this cancer, was the sigmoid colon and the number of the infiltrated neighboring organs varied from 1 to 3. The small intestine and the urinary tract were the most frequently infiltrated organs. The classification of Dukes was used: 14 cases were on stage B and 27 on stage C. The operative mortality was 9.7% and the morbidity was 38%. The survival rate at 5 years was calculated with the Kaplan-Meier method. It was 48% with a significant difference between stage B (91%) and stage C (25%). These results were similar to those of the authors found in the literature in the past ten years. They justify these extended resections.