Shredding embolectomy thrombectomy catheter for treatment of acute lower-limb ischemia.
We undertook a prospective evaluation to prove a new mechanical thrombectomy device, the shredding embolectomy thrombectomy catheter (S.E.T. catheter), for the treatment of patients with acute lower-limb ischemia. The study evaluated the success, patency, mortality, limb salvage, and complication rates for 51 patients treated from January 1994 through June 1996, with this device, which was an 8-F three-lumen catheter. The onset of symptoms was 8.6 +/- 9 days. Thrombus length was 18 +/- 9 cm situated in 44 native vessels and in 7 bypasses, 42 limbs were graded as threatened. Hydromechanical thrombectomy with the S.E.T. catheter proved to be a quick and safe adjunct for therapy of acute femoropopliteal thromboembolic occlusions with a high initial success rate and an acceptable mid-term patency rate.
Höpfner
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Departments of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, Central Hospital, Augsburg, Germany.
Vicol
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Bohndorf
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Loeprecht
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency