[Triazolam in the treatment of presurgical patients]. / Il triazolam nel trattamento di pazienti prechirurgici.

The therapeutic action of Triazolam has been assessed against a placebo by administering the two substances on a double blind basis the evening prior to surgery. The results show that Triazolam was significantly better than the placebo as regards induction time and the duration and quality of sleep. There were few unimportant side-effects.

[Papillo-sphincterotomy in the treatment of lithiasis of the principal bile duct and of non-neoplastic stenosis of the papilla]. / La papillosfinterotomia nel trattamento della litiasi della VBP e delle stenosi non neoplastiche della papilla.

Personal experience acquired in a series of 130 papillo-sphincterotomies carried out over a five-year period for the treatment of lithiasis of the VBP and benign stenosis of the papilla is reported. An account is given of the literature data showing that his method, which is comparable with biliodigestive anastomosis techniques, is safe and reliable. Attention is also drawn to its undoubted advantages in the prevention of some serious late complications.