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Forgetting an abdominal foreign body stays an universal fear of surgeons. Authors describe a case of textiloma, delivered by the anus through a sigmoidal fistula, five months after a caesarean intervention. The consultation’s reason was an occlusive syndrome. The textiloma was extracted under laparotomy and the furth[...]

Purpose : To describe the surgical aspects of the managing of caustic oesophageal stenosis, in the Thoracic and Viseral Surgery Units of the University Hospital of Antananarivo Madagascar.
Methods : It is a prospective descriptive study, about 3 years from January the 1st 2014 till December the 31st 2016, including ea[...]

Tuberculosis remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality by a single infectious agent, particularly in developing countries as Madagascar but isolated
mediastinal tuberculosis (MTB) in the pseudotumor shape has not been described in adults immunocompetent. This form is unusual with the incidence of 0.25%-5.8%. [...]

Introduction: Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is an acute infection of the pulmonary parenchyma. Its incidence increases in the elderly. The evolution towards the severe form is frequent with a pejorative prognosis.
Objective: to describe the characteristic of CAP in the elderly, to analyze the occurrence of sever[...]