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A technical aid for the difficult embolectomy.

I D Samson·R H Samson
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Abstract

Occasionally an embolectomy cannot be performed because of failure of the catheter to pass beyond the embolus. We employ a technique that overcomes this problem when it is due to a holdup of the catheter in a branch orifice or atheromatous recess.

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I D Samson, R H Samson. 1983. A technical aid for the difficult embolectomy.. https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1983.01390060086020

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