embolectomy
Sign in to saveEmbolectomy is the emergency interventional or surgical removal of emboli which are blocking blood circulation. It usually involves removal of thrombi (blood clots), and is then referred to as thromboembolectomy or thrombectomy. Embolectomy is an emergency procedure often as the last resort because permanent occlusion of a significant blood flow to an organ leads to necrosis. Other involved therapeutic options are anticoagulation and thrombolysis.
Research
4,667 papers- Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy.Critical care clinics · 2020
- Femoral embolectomy.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2002
- Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy Outcomes for Acute Pulmonary Embolism.The Annals of thoracic surgery · 2020
- Microsurgical Embolectomy in the Current Era of Pharmacological and Mechanical (Endovascular) Thrombolysis-A Reappraisal.Neurology India · 2021
- Massive pulmonary embolism: embolectomy or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?Current opinion in critical care · 2019
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10 sectionsContents
- Medical uses
- Methods
- Catheter embolectomy
- Balloon embolectomy
- Aspiration embolectomy
- Surgical embolectomy
- Outcome
- Background
- See also
- References
Embolectomy is the emergency interventional or surgical removal of emboli which are blocking blood circulation. It usually involves removal of thrombi (blood clots), and is then referred to as thromboembolectomy or thrombectomy. Embolectomy is an emergency procedure often as the last resort because permanent occlusion of a significant blood flow to an organ leads to necrosis. Other involved therapeutic options are anticoagulation and thrombolysis.
==Medical uses== Surgical embolectomy for massive pulmonary embolism (PE) has become a rare procedure and is often viewed as a last resort. Thrombolytic therapy has become the treatment of choice.