[Bilateral pneumothorax; a rare complication of gynecological laparoscopy (author's transl)].

A case with bilateral pneumothorax in association with laparoscopy is described. Several hypotheses could explain this rare complication. 1.

[Superficial femoral vein ligation and distal venous thrombectomy as surgical therapy for recent thrombophlebitis of the lower extremities. A clinical study (author's transl)].

Three hundred and eighty-three patients underwent superficial femoral vein ligation and distal venous thrombectomy in the treatment of deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremities. Two hundred and forty-eight patients were reviewed clinically. The results are quite satisfactory; no surgical mortality and no fatal pulmonary embolism.