ON FOUR CASES OF GOITRE TREATED BY OPERATION, AND CERTAIN DANGEROUS SYMPTOMS WHICH MAY FOLLOW THE OPERATION.

Fractures of the glenoid treated by operation. A 5- to 23-year follow-up of 22 cases.

We describe the results after open reduction and internal fixation of 22 consecutive displaced fractures of the glenoid with a mean follow-up of ten years. A posterior approach was used in 16 patients and an anterior in six, the approach being chosen according to the Ideberg classification of the fractures. The fixation failed in two patients, one of whom required a further operation. There wer...

Three Cases of Unruptured Tubal Gestation Treated by Operation, with Notes of Cases Simulating This Condition

Budd-Chiari syndrome treated by Senning operation.

Budd-Chiari syndrome was diagnosed in a 13 year old boy who presented with ascites. Angiographic studies showed occlusion at the ostia of the hepatic veins. This was treated surgically by the Senning operation of transcaval dorsocranial resection of the liver and hepatocaval anastomosis. The patient's ascites cleared and he remains well 10 months after surgery.

Perforated duodenal ulcer: which operation?

Between January 1968 and December 1977 a total of 230 patients with a perforated duodenal ulcer underwent emergency operation in the Royal Victoria Hospital. Simple suture closure of the perforation was carried out in 205, and in the remaining 25 a definitive ulcer procedure was performed in addition. Four patients died following operation, a mortality rate of 1.7%.During a mean follow-up perio...

Detached retina treated by the Arruga string operation. Review of 112 cases.

Selection of Patients Between November, 1961, and October, 1964, 182 cases of detached retina came to surgery. They were treated as follows: Arruga string operation, 112 cases; silicone rod implant, 33 cases; scieral resection or overlay, 20 cases; diathermy, 17 cases. Other patients were seen in whom operation was either not advised or was refused. Indications for the Arruga string operation w...