[Endoscopic cholecystectomy. Experience of the surgical team at the Saint-Charles hospital]. / Cholécystectomie endoscopique. Expérience de l'équipe chirurgicale de l'hôpital Saint-Charles.

The laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been a major event in the progress of surgical techniques during the last few years and becomes more and more present every day in the surgeon's life. We present our experience with our 26 first patients. The results are similar to those already published in the literature. No procedure was converted to laparotomy. No major complications were noted. The team work is stressed upon and advised to our Lebanese colleagues.

[Primary vesico-uretero-renal reflux in adults: therapeutic outcome. Apropos of 68 cases]. / Reflux vésico-urétéro-rénal primitif de l'adulte: évolution thérapeutique. A propos de soixante-huit observations.

The authors compare two series of adult patients presenting with primary vesico-uretero-renal reflux. The first series was treated before 1974, and the second, over the past ten years. The salient feature of this comparison is the reduction in the number of renal failures. More systematic investigation of the reflux highlights a greater number of cases which will evolve without further impairment of renal function. This point has a considerable bearing on operative indications.