[Stripping of the internal and external saphenous veins in a day hospital]

The procedure used to carry out internal and external saphenectomy operations in a day-hospital is described. The choice of cases is conditioned by phlebographic examination, and by talks between patients, anaesthetist and surgeon. Anaesthesia is local and general at the time of stripping. The technique is the classical one of saphenectomy according to the school of Edmondo Malan, with some variations.