Embolectomy
Authors: WILLIAM T.  PEYTON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1930)

Article1 November 1930EmbolectomyWILLIAM T. PEYTON, M.D.WILLIAM T. PEYTON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-5-440 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAn attempted embolectomy was first reported in 1895, still this operation is quite rare in this country. Less than 20 cases were reported from the United States and Canada according to Pemberton in 1928. Reports are rare because the diagnosis is not made, or if made, it is not recognized as a surgical condition. It is the internist or general practitioner who sees these patients at the time when operation offers most, and an opportunity has been lost if he does not call the surgeon before gangrene has appeared. It is with the hope of keeping the subject before the...Bibliography1 BULL P: What can more than 6,000 post mortem examinations teach us about emboli and embolic gangrene of the extremities? Acta chir. Scandinav. 54:315-338. 1921-22. Google Scholar2 BULL P: Abstract of article in Beitr. z. klin. Chir. Tübingen. Vol. 125. 1922. J.A.M.A. 79:169. 1922. Google Scholar3 DSCHANDELIDZEOGLABLINA JJSW: Embolektomie. Arch. f. klin. Chir. 149:55-74. 1927. Google Scholar4 DANZIS M: Arterial embolectomy. Ann. Surg. 87:667-675. 1928. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5 GORDON-WATSON C: A case of embolectomy. Brit. M. J. 1:1032-1033. 1926. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6 HEIDRICH L: Ueber Ursache und Häufigkeit der Nekrose bei Ligaturen grosser Gefästämme. Beitr. z. klin. Chir. 124:607-638. 1921. Google Scholar7 KANTOR A: Ueber Embolektomie aus Extremitätenarterian anlasslich eines erfolgreich operierten Falles. München. med. Wchnschr. Vol. 76, pt. 2. pp. 1172-1173. 1929. Google Scholar8 KEY E: Ueber Embolektomie als Behandlungsmethode bei embolischen Funktionsstörungen der Extremitäten. Zentralbl. f. Chir. 54:2190-2209. 1927. Google Scholar9 KEY E: Ueber Embolektomie als Behandlingsmethode bei embolischen Zirculationsstörungen der extremitäten. Acta. chir. Scandinav. 54:339-416. 1921-22. Google Scholar10 LAHEY F: Treatment of emboli in the peripheral vessels. Surg. Clin. N. Amer. 6:657. 1926. Google Scholar11 MASONHURTHAL RL: Femoral embolectomy. New England J. Med. 198:277-280. 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 NYSTRÖM G: Zur Prognose und Methodik der Embolektomie. Acta chir. Scandinav. 60 Supplamentum. 1926. Google Scholar13 PEMBERTON JD: Embolectomy: Report of three cases. Ann. Surg. 87:652-666. 1928. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14 PETITPIERRE M: Uber Embolektomie der Extremitätenarterien. Deutsche Ztschr. f. Chir. 210:184-238. 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15 PETITPIERRE M: Ueber Embolie der Extremitätenarterien. Schweiz. med. Wchnschr. Vol. 58, pt. 2. pp. 700-703. 1928. Google Scholar16 WOLFF E: Die Häufigkeit der Extremitätennekrose nach Unterbindung grosser Gefässstämme. Beitr. z. klin. Chir. 58:762-807. 1908. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Minneapolis, Minn.*Presented before the American College of Physicians, February 13, 1930.†From the Department of Surgery of the University of Minnesota. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 November 1930Volume 4, Issue 5Page: 440-446KeywordsEmbolectomySurgeonsSurgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1930 PDF downloadLoading ...