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    Multidisciplinary Conservative Treatment of Difficult Bile Duct Stones: A Real Alternative to Surgery

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    56 patients with large CBD or intrahepatic stones underwent endoscopic and/or percutaneous treatment followed by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Percutaneous access to the biliary tract was chosen when an endoscopic approach was not possible (hepaticojejunostomy in 5 patients, 1 juxtapapillary diverticulum and I inflammatory bile duct stricture). Visualization of stones was achieved radiologically in 32 patients and by ultrasound in 24. The procedure was successful in 47 of 56 treated patients (83.9%). Clearance of the biliary tract was obtained in 25 cases (53%), whereas in 22 cases (47%) complete clearing of biliary tract was obtained only after endoscopic extraction of fragments (17 cases) or percutaneous (5 cases). The median number of shock waves in each session was 1725 (range 300–3166), which were applied during one (n=30), two (n=22) or three sessions (n=4). The only complications were 1 case of symptomatic hyperamylasemia and 3 cases of macrohematuria. In conclusion, extracorporeal lithotripsy combined with endoscopic and/or percutaneous treatment is a real alternative to surgery for difficult stones

    Endoscopy and gastrointestinal motility

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    Le rôle de la pancréatographie dans le diagnostic différentiel entre pancréatite et cancer du pancréas

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    Les pancréatogrammes obtenus chez 65 patients soumis à une pancréatographie rétrograde pour suspicion d'affection pancréatique chronique et opération chirurgicale ultérieure, ont été comparés aux données histopathologiques afin de vérifier l'utilité de la méthode d'opacification dans le diagnostic différentiel entre pancréatite chronique et cancer du pancréas. Une absence de concordance entre les diagnostics radiologique et chirurgical a été relevée dans 4 cas en raison d'une interférence entre les lésions dans les pancréatites chroniques évoluées et le cancer pancréatique. La réévaluation des données radiologiques des 4 patients a montré la contribution au diagnostic différentiel des données de la morphologie pancréatique en amont de l'obstruction sur le canal de wirsung. L'importance de cette donnée morphologique est soulignée dans une perspective d'amélioration du diagnostic discriminatoire par ERCP

    Valuation of the anti-inflammatory activity of a new drug on the gastroduodenal and rectal mucosa

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    L'activité anti-inflammatoire d'une nouvelle molécule synthétique (2-phényl-4 p. chlorophényl - thiazol - 5 -ylacetic acid - Norvedan) a été testée sur la muqueuse gastro-duodénale et rectale par des examens endoscopiques. Les résultats sur une série de 56 patients ont été tout à fait satisfaisants. La tolérance de ce médicament est considérée comme excellente. Les examens fibroscopiques de contrôle n'ont précisé aucune anomalie muqueuse telle qu'on peut en voir après traitement anti-inflammatoire habituel (salicyclés...). Par ailleurs, ces examens ont montré l'effet anti-inflammatoire, l'activité anti-oedémateuse au niveau de la muqueuse gastrique

    Italian national survey of digestive endoscopy disinfection procedures

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    BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Inadequate disinfection of endoscopes and associated instrumentation can result in transmission of bacterial infections to patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the disinfection procedures carried out in the Italian centers of digestive endoscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An anonymous postal questionnaire on the methods of cleaning and disinfecting endoscopy equipment in Italy was sent to 781 digestive endoscopy centers; 386 units (49.4 %) replied. RESULTS: Automatic washers were available in 47.6% of units. Nearly all the respondets (99.2%) cleaned the instruments before disinfection, using detergent, germicidal or enzymatic cleaner, but only 69.7% carried out brushing. Most centers (89.2 %) used a glutaraldehyde-based disinfectant (51 % used 2 % glutaraldehyde; 26.9% used 0.4% glutaraldehyde with 1.41% phenol and 0.26% sodium phenate; 5.9% used either; 5.4% did not specify glutaraldehyde formulation). The contact time of the disinfectant was or = 30 minutes (16.6%). The use-life of the disinfectant was > or = 14 days in 27.3 % of the centers with automatic washers and 30.8% in all centers. Only 25.4% of the centers carried out some form of sterilization for biopsy forceps. The majority (83.4 %) modified their disinfection procedures in the case of infectious disease patients. Quality control tests on the efficacy of the endoscopy disinfection procedures were carried out in 44.6 % of units. Only 43 % of the centers were based in hospitals with an infection control (surveillance) program. CONCLUSIONS: The data collected in the study showed that, in general, there is compliance with the SocietĂ  Italiana di Endoscopia Digestiva (SIED) and SocietĂ  Italiana di Gastroenterologia (SIGE) guidelines, although with some important exception
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