[The surgical treatment of large eventrations using skin homografts preserved in cialit].

52 persons who had been operated upon for large eventration by means of Cialit dermatoplasty were re-examined after an interval of 2 to 12 years. After a description of the operating technique, the immediate and then the long-term results are analysed. The quantity of mercury in the blood and the urine of 7 patients never shows an increase that reaches the critical threshold. The figures obtained go down to reference values found in the case of non-exposed persons after 9 months in the blood and 4 months in the urine. A fresh intervention in the case of 3 patients has permitted a histological examination of the cicatrix after Cialit skin transplantation. Analysis confirms the excellent tolerance of the material and its integration with the tissues of the recipient. The interest of this technique in an infected environment is to be emphasized.