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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-8-23
pubmed:abstractText
Embolectomy by means of the Fogarty catheter is the therapy of choice in the event of acute occlusions of limb arteries. However, less invasive catheter procedures have become established means to perform embolectomies lately. In order to improve the results after using the above mentioned methods, we have developed a new embolectomy procedure. The system applied consists of a flush-suction catheter as well as a high pressure pump. There is a jet-suction unit on the head of the tubular two-lumen catheter to gather thromboembolic material from the circumference of the head, to erode the collected material and evacuate it. The flushing pressure is generated by the pump. For the experimental testing of the system, the flush-suction embolectomy has been performed in 19 pigs after 47 artificial produced extremities embolism. Angiographically and angioscopically it could be proved that even older thrombotic material could be removed completely and without significant trauma of the vessel. At the pathologic investigation of the vessel in which embolectomy had been performed in no case an essential vessel-wall damage could be found. In almost each case the embolic material was removed completely. Only in 5 cases (10.6%) we have distal microembolism. Due to the experimental tests, the system turns out to be reliable as far as the technique is concerned. In addition, in the event of clinical application, the system allows the expectation of a reduction of the time interval between diagnosis and therapy, as well as a percutaneous application.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9509
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-200
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Performance of indirect embolectomy aided by a new developed flush-suction catheter system. Forty-seven experimental embolectomy procedures in test animals.
pubmed:affiliation
Klinik und Poliklinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie der Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article