title: Late embolectomy.
abstract: Embolectomy with a balloon catheter even up to two months after embolism may be successful. Late embolectomy, meaning operation more than 48 hours after embolism, should be undertaken in a hospital where all facilities for arterial reconstruction are available.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001027:Aortography; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D002404:Catheterization; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors