Data concerning the Leriche syndrome and the literature on the dosage of plasmatic K in operated patients are briefly surveyed. It is then referred on personal investigations on 35 patients (hospitalized in the Gynecological Department of the Cancer Institute of Milan) submitted to celiotomy for genital neoplasm. Data showed a clear decrease of the plasmatic K level in the first two days of the postoperative period and a return to normal within 6 days. Caution is advised against the occurrence of a postoperative acute hypopotassiemia favoured by previous conditions, and the routine dosage of plasmatic K in the first days following surgery is suggested.
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