Methacrylate is polymer used as a bone cement in orthopedic procedures that can rarely embolize, resulting atrial perforation and pulmonary artery occlusion. Retrieval of emboli typically requires cardiopulmonary bypass deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. In this report, we describe the off-pump removal massive left methacrylate embolus using surface ultrasound localization, partial cross-clam...

OBJECTIVES During cardiac surgery it is sometimes necessary to examine heart chambers remote from the site of surgery. Similarly visualization of the pulmonary arterial tree will enable assessment for the completeness of pulmonary embolectomy. There are no standard adjunctive procedures to accomplish this. Left ventriculotomy used to examine the left ventricle, and maneuvers used to ensure comp...

background: arterial occlusions are divided as acute and chronic. emboli is the most common cause of acute arterial occlusion, which is treated by perforating embolectomy using  fogarty catheter. some of these cases that are not diagnosed in early phase of the disease (within the first month) , should be treated using open surgical techniques , since embolectomy via fogarty catheter is not effe...

Embolism to the limb arteries is usually a condition which is best treated by conservative means but there are a number of cases in which failure to reopen the occluded circulation may lead to loss of the limb and indeed loss of life. The increased confidence with which surgeons operate upon arteries and the facility with which extensive lengths of arteries may be cleared of clot have brought a...

until a week later, when on provocation she muttered two expletives. Thereafter she was mobilized and made satisfactory progress. The tracheostomy was closed and it subsequently healed. Four weeks after stopping the diazepam it was clear that her mental faculties were unimpaired and that she retained a remarkably good sense of humour. She was discharged home three months after her admission wal...