A multicentre retrospective analysis of blunt gastric injuries from four trauma centres in Brazil
was performed. From January 1982 to May 1996, 33 patients were found to have blunt …

The diagnostic value of real-time sonography in the study of portal hypertension was assessed
in 66 patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni, all with Symmers's fibrosis …

Reports of injuries from kite flying are uncommon in the medical literature. During the winter
season in Brazil, kiting is a very popular pastime. Unfortunately, this activity is responsible …

DISCUSSION Desforges et al. reported in 1955 the first successful repair of a nonpenetrating
cardiac rupture. 22 Several case reports and a few series have been published since then. …

T lymphocyte immunoregulatory subsets (T4 + and T8 + cells) have been analysed in eight
cases of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni, and compared to parallel analyses of …

Appendicitis is the most common surgical cause of abdominal pain in emergency cases.
The diagnosis is usually easy and mostly clinical. There may be some atypical presentations, …

The spleen is an important component of the immunologic system, especially in children.
Splenectomy may result in immunologic deficiency, and splenic salvage is recommended as …

… western (W) France, Iberia and its margin, the W Mediterranean … during HS1 from W Pyrenees
to W Mediterranean. The … to the Allerød in W Iberia and W Pyrenees contrasting with the …

The authors present a case of distal common bile duct injury. Ligation of the bile duct and a
bypass cholecystojejunostomy were chosen as treatment. Diagnosis of blunt traumatic injury …

… on the W site. Both … W sites in 1969, while the 1755 AD record indicates a higher energy
backwash along the SSW and a preferential deposition of fine suspended matter towards the W…