BACKGROUND Survival after surgical embolectomy for massive postcesarean pulmonary embolism causing sustained cardiac arrest is rare. CASE One day after an uneventful cesarean delivery, a woman developed cardiac asystole and apnea due to pulmonary embolism. Femoral-femoral cardiopulmonary bypass performed during continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation allowed a successful embolectomy. Upon aw...

Aim: To determine the impact of embolectomy at time ligation femoral artery in management pseudoaneurysmin intravenous drug addicts Study design: Descriptive cross-sectional study Methods: This was carried out Vascular surgery department, CMH Lahore and included 28 patientsof addiction both genders presenting emergency with viable limb from 1st August 2021 to31st January 2023. Unsalvageable lim...

Pulmonary embolism is a common clinical condition associated with high mortality. Surgical pulmonary embolectomy (SPE), despite having been in existence for over 100 years, is generally regarded as an option of last resort with high mortality rates. Prompt recognition of predictors of mortality, such as right ventricular stress on echocardiography, helps decision-making for immediate surgical p...

Introduction Pulmonary embolism is a challenging critical cardiovascular disease with high morbidity and mortality. Surgical embolectomy has favorable results in patients with massive pulmonary embolism. Aim To study the outcome of embolectomy in patients with massive pulmonary embolism. Material and methods In this single-center, retrospective study, 36 patients including 14 male and 22 fe...

T he Fogarty Arterial Embolectomy Catheter (Edwards Lifesciences LLC, Irvine, CA) introduced to vascular surgery the concept and capability of remote treatment of arterial pathology. It has become the standard for removal of peripheral emboli and thrombi since its introduction in 1963, and it has generated a variety of imitations. The parallel development of the Seldinger technique and a host o...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the technical feasibility and clinical outcome of percutaneous aspiration embolectomy for embolic occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 2010 and December 2013, 9 patients with embolic occlusion of the SMA were treated by percutaneous aspiration embolectomy in 2 academic teaching hospitals. The aspiration embolectomy proc...