[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyōbu Geka Gakkai
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Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi · Oct 1994
Case Reports[Intraoperative pulmonary angioscopy to undergo pulmonary embolectomy for acute massive pulmonary embolism].
An urgent pulmonary embolectomy on a patient under intraoperative angioscopy for the treatment of massive pulmonary embolism was performed and successfully saved the patient. The case was a 19-year-old man who had been bedridden over along period of time. He developed pulmonary embolism immediately after the initiation of walking rehabilitation. ⋯ Consequently, amount of clots were removed using forceps or an aspirating tube. The patient recovered from hypoxemia after surgery. The use of intraoperative angioscopy in the pulmonary artery proved to be very useful to examine the presence of emboli up to tertiary branches of pulmonary artery.