DELAYED ARTERIAL EMBOLECTOMY

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 155  (4) , 549-551
Abstract
Eight instances of delayed or late embolectomy are presented with a review of 241 additional patients from the literature. The time interval from clinical onset to embolectomy ranged from 3 days to 8 wk in the series and 2 days to 7 wk in the additional 12 series surveyed. One amputation and 7 successful restorations of arterial pulses occurred in the series; 172 viable extremities, 48 amputations and 30 deaths were reviewed among the additional series. Intraoperative arteriography and a direct operative approach to the distal arterial tree would improve the results for those patients who require a delayed embolectomy.

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