GASTRO INTESTINAL FISTULA

Gastro-bronchial fistula.

OF the various gastric fistulae described in the literature those communicating with the bronchi appear to be among the rarest. Aird (1957) devotes only four lines to the subject while Milne and Thompson (1970) state that a careful search of medical literature failed to reveal any reference to the condition. This is somewhat misleading as the literature since 1960 contains seven case reports an...

Gastro - bronchial fistula ANTHONY

OF the various gastric fistulae described in the literature those communicating with the bronchi appear to be among the rarest. Aird (1957) devotes only four lines to the subject while Milne and Thompson (1970) state that a careful search of medical literature failed to reveal any reference to the condition. This is somewhat misleading as the literature since 1960 contains seven case reports an...

Gastro-intestinal Obstruction

M.D. (Pp. xii + 566; figs. 415. 144s.) London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1958. THIS work covers every conceivable aspect of obstruction in the gastro-intestinal tract from the cesophagus to the anal canal in a truly encycloprdic manner. The book contains a tremendous amount of information and approximately 1,700 references in the bibliography. It is refreshing here to note that the authors incl...

Rabbit Gastro-intestinal Disease

Gastro-intestinal suction.

During recent years the many indications from reports in the surgical literature, and the reduction of the mortality from abdominal injuries of warfare, have indicated that gastro-intestinal suction can play a major role in reducing the mortality rate in a great number of surgical conditions. It is felt that although its value is well known to the majority of surgeons, there are many problems w...