abstract：:Several sensitive and specific methods are now available for the investigation of gastro-oesophageal reflux and oesophagitis. Nevertheless, judicious medical or surgical management requires a good understanding of the pathophysiological aspects of these conditions and of the significance of the investigation results. ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Jonard P,Coppens JP,Fiasse R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial laryngectomy for glottic carcinoma. The authors report their first results on 63 patients who underwent a partial laryngectomy for glottic carcinoma from 1980 to 1986. The global three years survival rate is 70%. The selected operations are the cordectomy, the fronto-lateral laryngectomy according to Leroux-Ro...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Remacle M,Hamoir M,Garnir JJ,Van den Eeckhaut J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between flow velocity and percent stenosis in carotid arteries was assessed in 43 symptomatic patients (86 carotids) using duplex scanning and angiography. Duplex scanning evaluation was performed using the ATL Ultramark 4 duplex scanner with the 5-7.5-10 MHz probe. Using the ratio of peak velocity in ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Belcaro G,Rulo AH,Vasdekis S,Bonomo L,Nicolaides AN

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical risk factors of abdominal aortic disease. Between January 1, 1982 and October 1986, 327 surgical repairs were performed on abdominal aortic obstructive diseases and aneurysms at the St. Luc University Hospital. 150 pre-, per- and postoperative data were collected retrospectively for each patient. Ninety-one p...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Matta A,Baele P,Van Dyck M,Goenen M,Ponlot R

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the records of 33 patients who underwent surgery for removal of a thyroglossal duct cyst at the Bordet Institute between 1970 and 1983. All patients had complete resection of a midline cervical lesion. In 27 cases the provisional diagnosis at presentation was confirmed by histological examination after sur...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： La Meir E,Dor P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fractures and fracture-dislocations of the hand can inhibit directly and indirectly the precision of the hand mobility. The fracture of the scaphoid mostly occurs through his middle third and is stable. In unstable fractures or fractures through the proximal third pseudarthrosis or aseptic necrosis of the proximal fra...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Rommens P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iatrogenic rupture of the stomach has been reported as a rare complication of nasopharyngeal oxygen therapy. A new case of this life-threatening condition is reported and diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive measures are briefly discussed. ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Van Daele G,Joris L,Eyskens E,Rutsaert RJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed or accelerated gastric emptying and excessive reflux of upper intestinal contents into the stomach are the main disorders of motility occurring after gastric surgery. Most of these syndromes may be treated by conservative measures. When surgical therapy is needed attention must be paid to the possible specific...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Hubens A,Gys T

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results obtained in 16 patients by Roux-en-Y gastrectomy (Moskowicz procedure) are presented. According to Langhans a high gastrectomy ascending on the lesser curvature to 2 to 3 cm below the cardia and unaccompanied by a sectioning of the vagal branches was performed. The Roux-en-Y resection was used only in exceptio...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Duca S,Bugnariu C,Paşca T,Köck HG,Vlad LE,Popa EL,Sterca-Suluţiu L

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The various methods of treatment of the contracted eyesocket are discussed according to the severity of the disease and are illustrated by examples of treated patients. A method to keep the newly grafted cavity expanded by means of a conformer, stabilised by external fixation to the frontal bone, is described. ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Maetens M,Monballiu G,Depoorter M

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the indications, the technique and our personal experience with 45 subcutaneous mastectomies (S.C.M.) are reviewed. A bilateral S.C.M. is mainly a prophylactic operation, indicated in patients with premalignant breast disease and in high risk patients with widespread fibrocystic disease. A unilateral S.C...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Matton G,Anseeuw A

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The different methods used to select the future surgeons are discussed. In order to improve the Belgian system, the authors suggest the creation of a selection board who would reexamine each candidate having accomplished three years of training. ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Lavigne JC,Limet R

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 150 patients with duodenal ulcer, treated by means of a highly selective vagotomy, is presented. The clinical follow-up of 100 patients, treated for more than three years, was assessed according to the Visick classification. A thirteen percent recurrence rate was noted in this series. Recurrences could eit...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Van Hee R

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes the architecture and functions of a distributed real-time hospital information system (MIRAM). Based on a microcomputer star network, this system gives a response to the informational needs of the clinical physicians. Specifically, the surgical computerized file description during patient hospital...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Milani H

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred consecutive elective resections with hand suture of the left colon and rectum without a protective colostomy are reported. The absence of clinical fistulas, wound infections and abcesses indicates the safety and the feasability of this approach. There was a two per cent mortality rate. The article stresses...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Vandamme JP,Timmermans T,Steyaert P

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A short-term subcutaneous drainage has been established in twenty-five patients undergoing an inguinal hernia repair. In comparison with a control group, a significant decrease in the frequency of early appearance of inflammatory and hematic complications has been noted. ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Devis A,Janne P

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An observation on symptomatic fibromuscular dysplasia of the internal carotid artery, surgically treated by graduated internal dilatation is presented. Fibromuscular dysplasia is a segmental, nonatheromatous disease of small to medium-sized arteries, affecting mainly renal arteries. Involvement of the internal carotid...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Caes F,Van der Niepen P,Cham B,Welch W

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One case of chordoma is described. A review of literature shows that this condition is rare. This malignant tumor grows slowly. The symptoms owing to the surrounding structures compression appear insidiously. Standard radiography, tomography, echography and computed tomography are an aid to diagnosis confirmed by biop...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Closset J,Mariscal F,Herin M

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1970 and 1984 the diagnosis of acute, massive lung embolism was made 30 times in our department. In 29 patients the clinical diagnosis was correct and a Trendelenburg operation under extra-corporeal circulation was performed. In 18 cases there was an operation in the immediate preoperative course. In 1 case th...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Stalpaert G,Suy R,Daenen W,Flameng W,Sergeant P,Nevelsteen A,Lauwers P,De Geest H,Van Elst F

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors, having clinically observed favourable post operative effects on patients operated under combined general and epidural anaesthesia in digestive surgery, have proceeded to a retrospective and comparative study of the last 50 colic resections. They have observed: a +/- 50% reduction of the quantity of morphi...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： De Cannière D,Beernaerts A,Hendrickx P,Abouhatem R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the case of a 29 years old man who, having been subjected to a highly selective vagotomy for a duodenal ulcer, developed a gastric ulcer at the upper small gastric curvature during the first days following the operation. This ulcer will become chronic, and cause after three years a severe digestive ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Joris E,Gruselle P

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the problems in carotid surgery is the intra-operative detection of brain ischemia. None of the methods applied so far have been successful. Experience has shown that the results were unsatisfactory. Experimental studies have detected a strong correlation between regional cerebral blood flow and somatosensory e...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： De Vleeschauwer P,Horsch S,Haupt WF,Huber P

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kaunitz' procedure in the surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux associated with a hiatal hernia. In patients with pathological gastroesophageal reflux associated with a hiatal hernia, simple repositioning of the lower esophageal sphincter (L.E.S.) without fundoplication can restore the competence of the L....

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Hamerlijnck R,Flamme A,Nijboer JH,Anné T,Derom F

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the experience of the Strasbourg Center of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (France). They analyse first a series of 104 tibial shaft fractures treated by dynamic casting according to Sarmiento's technique. Their conclusion show off therapeutic indications and contra-indications. Another series of 297 ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Persoons D,Wagnon J,Copin G

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of enteral feeding systems in patients with enterocutaneous fistulae is reviewed. The following problems are discussed: methods of administration, effects of enteral nutrition on patients with a gastro-intestinal fistula, clinical results (nutritional schemes, timing of nutritional support and caloric input). ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： De Groof E,Peeters R,Hubens A

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacological treatment of alimentary tract fistulas was for a long time limited to the use of atropine and related substances. More recently H2 blockers, pirenzepine, omeprazole and loperamide have been used. It is likely that in the coming years specific and long acting derivatives of somatostatin and enkephal...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： De Graef J,Woussen-Colle MC

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of colothoracic fistulae are reported. The first one is secondary to pulmonary actinomycosis, the second to complicated colic diverticulitis. The etiologies of colothoracic fistulae are multiple and can be divided in intrathoracic or intraabdominal origin. The treatment includes: effective intravenous antibi...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Roy G,Wagnon J,Echavé V,Strom B

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 5 year period, the human umbilical vein (HUV) graft has been used for 16 aorto(ilio)popliteal reconstructions by the obturator foramen route. 69% of the operations has been performed for multilevel disease with the femoral arteries completely unsuitable for reconstruction. One patient died after operation and o...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Nevelsteen A,De Leersnijder J,Suy R

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two cases of congenital abnormal rightsided high insertion of the diaphragm. Though there was no acute respiratory distress in the neonatal period, both presented other congenital deformities that required further investigation. At one month of age, both children developed severe respiratory problem...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Corneillie P,Gruwez JA,Lerut T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unusual localization of fibromuscular dysplasia on the common carotid artery. In this paper, the authors are describing an unusual localization of the fibro-muscular dysplasia on the common carotid artery, a lesion that has undergone surgical treatment without any complication. ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Goldstein M,Hanquinet P,Couvreur Y

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When treating fractures, whether by closed or open technique, the event of a pseudarthrosis is always a threatening complication. Absolute immobilization of the fracture site and tissue viability are the two essential conditions to obtain ossification of a pseudarthrosis. Consequently, after a reasonable period of con...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Michiels I,Broos P,Gruwez JA

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the operative possibilities in patients with obstructive carcinoma of the biliary tract a precise diagnosis of local extent of the tumor and metastasis is essential (cholangiography, US, CTscan). The treatment is preferably surgical whether the tumor be resectable or not. However some patients who...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Ansay J,Hossey D,Adler M,de Toeuf J,van Gossum A,Cremer M,Lambilliotte JP

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute appendicitis. Acute appendicitis is often suspected but in 70% of the cases the complaints to an other diagnosis. Aggressive therapy is therefore not indicated. A 12 to 24 h observation allows to avoid surgery and complications which are not exceptional. ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Antoine M,Askenasi R,Ansay J,Van de Stadt J

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoid tumors are rare and mainly found in the G.I. tractus but also in the tracheobronchial tree and ovaries. The testicular localization, primary or metastatic, is rare. The authors report a primary carcinoid tumor of the testis in a 35 years old male. The tumor characteristics are well enough known from the lite...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Nguyen TH,Wart F,Couvreur Y

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of male breast cancer are presented. The patients underwent a modified radical mastectomy with immediate closure of the defect using a triple L-shaped transposition flap. We briefly recall the behaviour of these tumors and the applied surgical principles to define better the value of this plastic procedure. ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Michel P,Chastel C,Verhelst G,Van Eukem P,Paquet JL,Belva P,Vanderlinden C

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report 38 observations of vascular traumatisms associated to osteo-articular lesions of lower members cured by restorative treatment. The authors define a diagnostic and therapeutic line of conduct. They insisted upon the necessity of early diagnosis of vascular lesion, based on ultrasonic exploration of v...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Fiève G,Brice M,Cazaigne J

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between peripheral pressures and skin temperatures was studied by encapsulated liquid crystal (ELC) plates in 66 patients with peripheral arterial disease. The study was also performed to evaluate the correlation between symptoms and temperature in four symptomatic groups of patients (with claudication...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Belcaro G,Norton do Matos A,Cotellese R,Di Nardo E,Dell'Osa A,d'Aulerio A,Rosenkvist L,Zukowski A,Radocchia F,Williams MA

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors are describing a case of clear cell renal epithelioma metastasizing in the thyroid gland; the clinical course and the histological appearance were consistent with a primary carcinoma of the thyroid gland of the undifferentiated large cell type. ...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Couvreur Y,Andry G,Dor P

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present series concerns the method of treatment for anus imperforatus as it was performed at the Academic Hospital Ghent (Belgium) between 1971 and 1980. Two different technics are confronted one with the other: the anterior perineal approach according to Mollard and the posterior transsacral approach according to...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： vanden Bavière H,Vossaert R,De Roose J,Derom F

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since May 1980, we started treating patients suffering from chronic pancreatitis with pancreatic duct obstruction. During surgery, prolamine, a alcoholic amino-acid solution, was injected into the pancreas through the papil of Vater or directly into the pancreatic duct following pancreatic tail resection. So far thirt...

journal_title：Acta chirurgica Belgica

authors： Van Bastelaere W,Derom F

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00