[Videosurgical pleuro-pericardial windows in oncology].

Fifteen consecutive patients with recurrent pericardial effusion associated with confirmed neoplastic disease (N = 11) or with a triad of symptoms: weight loss, anorexia, tiredness (N = 4), underwent videosurgery through a pleuro-pericardial window. The mean age was 58 years (37-77 years). The average procedure and assisted ventilation times were 56.

[Paraplegia after epidural anesthesia for vascular surgery].

A case is reported of a 67-year-old man who underwent major vascular surgery (iliobifemoral bypass with unilateral sympathectomy) under epidural anaesthesia and resulting in permanent neurological damage. Lumbar epidural anaesthesia was carried out using a mixture of bupivacaine, lidocaine with adrenaline, and alfentanil. The surgical course was uneventful, except for a 30 minute period of relative hypotension (90 vs.

[Crossed ilio- and femoro-femoral revascularizations. Apropos of 50 cases].

Results are reported after a mean follow up of 3 years (max: 8 years) of cross-over ilio- and femoro-femoral revascularizations performed in 50 patients for severe arterial disease of lower limbs. Mean age of the patients was 62 years. Operative mortality was nil and immediate permeability 98%.