Langenbeck's archives of surgery
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Langenbecks Arch Surg · Jul 2001
Acute ischemia of the upper extremity: long-term results following thrombembolectomy with the Fogarty catheter.
In 1962, the procedure of arterial thrombembolectomy with the Fogarty catheter was established. Numerous studies have been published studying thrombembolectomies of the lower extremities. Limited information, however, is available following thrombembolectomy of the upper extremity after arterial occlusion. The aim of the present study, therefore, was to determine long-term results (3-5 years after thrombembolectomy) following thrombembolectomy of the upper extremity with the Fogarty catheter in a large retrospective clinical study. ⋯ The results of the present study indicate that, in most cases, thrombembolectomy with the Fogarty catheter represents a successful surgical method for the acute treatment of arterial occlusion of the upper extremity.