Successful Percutaneous Fogarty Thrombectomy for Subacute Lower Limb Ischemia Due to Resistant Thrombus in the Popliteal Artery

Takashi Yanagiuchi; Taku Kato; Katsuyuki Hanabusa; Shunpei Ushimaru; Hirokazu Yokoi; Kan Zen

doi:10.12659/AJCR.936377

28 June 2022 : Case report Japan

Successful Percutaneous Fogarty Thrombectomy for Subacute Lower Limb Ischemia Due to Resistant Thrombus in the Popliteal Artery

Unusual setting of medical care

Takashi Yanagiuchi^1ABEF*, Taku Kato^1A, Katsuyuki Hanabusa^1E, Shunpei Ushimaru^1A, Hirokazu Yokoi^1A, Kan Zen^2A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936377

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936377

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Figure 4. Percutaneous Fogarty thrombectomy. (A) A 16 F DrySeal sheath was placed under local anesthesia in the common femoral artery using a double preclose technique (arrows). (B) Arterial thrombectomy using a 5 F Fogarty balloon catheter. (C) Final angiography confirmed the disappearance of the thrombus in the P2 segment and new thrombotic occlusion of the collateral artery from the superior genicular artery (arrow).

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Successful Percutaneous Fogarty Thrombectomy for Subacute Lower Limb Ischemia Due to Resistant Thrombus in the Popliteal Artery

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