Embolectomy from Arteries of the Lower Limbs

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Abstract
EMBOLISM to an arterial bifurcation is at best a clinical impression. Positive diagnosis depends on removal of the embolus. For this reason most papers on the subject have been limited to surgical cases. During the four-year period 1950–1953 I saw and treated conservatively a number of probable brachial and popliteal or tibial emboli without loss of life or limb. In the same period 15 embolectomies among 13 subjects were performed at the aortic, iliac and femoral bifurcations.Except for collective reviews individual series have been small. Warren and Linton,1 in 1948, reported 18 aortic, iliac and femoral embolectomies by several . . .

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