Arterial embolisms in the lower limbs occur frequently, and are of great interest to the vascular surgeon. The authors studied 159 cases of arterial embolisms in lower limbs from January 1991 to July 1993. Ages varied from 12 to 98, with a mean of 58. Eighty patients were male and 78 were female. In most cases, etiology of the embolus was well-established, and mainly caused (78 percent) by atri...

Although postoperative seroma formation is a rare complication, it is a bothersome and hard-to-treat situation when occurred. In daily practice of vascular surgery, postoperative use of intravenous heparin is indicated as a risk factor for postoperative symptomatic seroma development. According to the literature,a significant cause that we face this problem with increasing incidence may be the ...

Background: The incidence of pulmonary thromboembolism has been considered rare in Japan. However, its occurrence has been increasing because of westernized lifestyle and diet, increased diagnostic technique, and recognition of this disease. Method: Between January 2003 and September 2014, 179 patients were treated for pulmonary thromboembolism. We classified these patients into 3 groups; Massi...

OBJECTIVE TO EVALUATE COMPLETENESS AND POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF THE DANISH NATIONAL VASCULAR REGISTRY REGARDING REGISTRATION OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURES: embolectomy of brachial, ulnar, or radial artery. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTINGS The study was based on first-time embolectomies in the brachial, ulnar, or radial artery performed in Denmark from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 2002. The data ...

Introduction: Endobronchial blood clot causing airway obs­ truction is a rare but potentially life­threatening condition and can occur in a variety of clinical settings. Case report: A male laryngectomy, with a background of bronchogenic carcinoma was treated conservatively for tra­ cheitis following an episode of upper respiratory tract infection. However, he later developed airway obstruction...

While most of pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) cases can be managed by thrombolytic and anticoagulation therapy, massive PE remains a life-threatening disease. Although surgical embolectomy can be a curative therapy for massive PE, peri-operative mortality for hemodynamically collapsed PE is extremely high. We present a case of hemodynamically collapsed massive PE. We avoided either thrombolytic ...

T. J. Schaewe, J. R. Alger, J. Shin, B. Copenhaver, C. S. Kidwell Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States, Stroke Center, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, United States Introduction Numerous methods for predicting the extent of irreversible i...

Paradoxical embolism is defined as venous thrombosis causing systemic embolization through a right-to-left shunt. We, herein, report a case of bilateral total knee arthroplasty and developed paradoxical embolism caused by patent foramen ovale. A sixty-two-year-old female had a simultaneous, total knee arthroplasty for primary osteo-arthritis. A pulmonary emboli was suspected on the thirteenth p...