[Phyllodes tumor: diagnosis and treatment]. / Tumor Filodes: diagnóstico y tratamiento.

We reviewed 1.178 benign tumors treated between 1981/93 among which 39 appeared with a Phylodes Tumors diagnosis, disregarding 5 of them because they did not have a precise description and histologic classification, studying 34 proved cases which represented 2.89% of all benign tumors; if we add 89% cancers in these years, we have 2.074 and the relation becomes 1.64% of the total. We found 22 benign phylodes (64.7%) 7 border line (20.5%) and 5 malignant (14.8%) whose clinic, histologic and evolutive characteristics are presented in this paper.

[Medical and socio-demographic implications of abortion at Felix Bulnes Hospital in Santiago (author's transl)]. / Aborto en Santiago aspectos médicos y socio-demográficos.

PIP: 602 patients were admitted for treatment of incomplete abortion (including inevitable or threatened abortion) from May 1 to October 31, 1974, at Felix Bulnes Hospital in Santiago Chile. Routine treatment included dilation and curettage in 88.7% of the cases, with a mean hospitalization time of 2.5 nights. Complications in 14.6% included fever, pelvic infection, and blood loss requiring transfusion. 78.4% had used no form of contraception in the month previous to conception, but 68.9% of those who returned for a follow-up (only 37.7%) were using effective contraceptives. The study indicates: 1) the cost of abortion is high in terms of risk of complications and hospital time; 2) infection associated with abortions outside the hospital is high; and 3) acceptance of contraception after abortion is not high enough to deter repetition of abortion.^ieng