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FEMORAL AND ILIAC ARTERY EMBOLECTOMY

William C. Klingensmith

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Since Labey1(1911) and Key2(1912) established embolectomy as a surgical procedure, occasional reports on the results of treatment of peripheral arterial embolism have appeared in the literature; in general these have favored surgical over nonsurgical treatment. However, in any hospital embolectomy is an uncommon procedure, and the reports of small series of cases, involving a particular artery, are difficult to evaluate because of the many variable factors that affect the immediate and final results. Recently we observed several cases of unexpected failure of femoral artery embolectomy despite immediate good results following removal of the embolus, and it was decided to review and analyze critically all cases of embolectomy at the Cook County Hospital within the previous five years. The purpose of this report is to present the end results of femoral and iliac artery embolectomies obtained at Cook County Hospital, and to compare the results with those

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Since Labey1(1911) and Key2(1912) established embolectomy as a surgical procedure, occasional reports on the results of treatment of peripheral arterial embolism have appeared in the literature; in general these have favored surgical over nonsurgical treatment. However, in any hospital embolectomy is an uncommon procedure, and the reports of small series of cases, involving a particular artery, are difficult to evaluate because of the many variable factors that affect the immediate and final results. Recently we observed several cases of unexpected failure of femoral artery embolectomy despite immediate good results following removal of the embolus, and it was decided to review and analyze critically all cases of embolectomy at the Cook County Hospital within the previous five years. The purpose of this report is to present the end results of femoral and iliac artery embolectomies obtained at Cook County Hospital, and to compare the results with those

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Since Labey1(1911) and Key2(1912) established embolectomy as a surgical procedure, occasional reports on the results of treatment of peripheral arterial embolism have appeared in the literature; in general these have favored surgical over nonsurgical treatment. However, in any hospital embolectomy is an uncommon procedure, and the reports of small series of cases, involving a particular artery, are difficult to evaluate because of the many variable factors that affect the immediate and final results. Recently we observed several cases of unexpected failure of femoral artery embolectomy despite immediate good results following removal of the embolus, and it was decided to review and analyze critically all cases of embolectomy at the Cook County Hospital within the previous five years. The purpose of this report is to present the end results of femoral and iliac artery embolectomies obtained at Cook County Hospital, and to compare the results with those

Key concepts: Embolectomy, Medicine, Embolus, Embolism, Femoral artery, Deep Femoral Artery, Surgery, Iliac artery

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