Ann Acad Med Singap
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Thirty-nine patients with 46 limbs at risk underwent arterial embolectomy. The overall mortality was 36% (14 patients). Seventeen limbs (37%) had a poor result. ⋯ The delay from onset of symptoms to the operation varied between a few hours to over a week and this was not related to the outcome. Thirteen percent of the arterial occlusions were in the upper limb. All of these were due to embolism and there was no mortality for this group with all affected arms achieving a good outcome.