If you have deep vein thrombosis of the leg (blood clot in your leg), it can travel to your lungs and lead to a condition known as pulmonary embolism. If your healthcare provider can’t take care of it with medications, you may need an embolectomy/thrombectomy procedure.

Surgical pulmonary embolectomy is an effective, safe, and easy procedure to save critical patients due to pulmonary thromboembolism. Keywords: venous thromboembolism, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary embolectomy, portable cardiopulmonary bypass, ECMO.

Read more about pulmonary embolectomy, the surgical removal of a pulmonary embolism. This treatment is generally performed only in severe situations.

Mar 23, 2017 · Surgical pulmonary embolectomy is used preferentially for patients with contraindications to or for those who have failed thrombolysis and in patients with free-floating thrombus in the right atrium or right ventricle.

To relieve obstruction and quickly restore blood flow in the pulmonary circulation, several options are available, including thrombolysis, percutaneous embolectomy, and surgical pulmonary embolectomy.

Acute pulmonary embolism is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Patients in life-threatening conditions require timely and effective interventions to improve pulmonary perfusion. The indications for surgical embolectomy in the thrombolysis era have been limited.

Mar 6, 2020 · Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with significant mortality. Surgical embolectomy is a viable treatment option; however, it remains controversial as a result of variable outcomes. This review investigates patient outcomes after surgical embolectomy for acute PE.

A pulmonary embolectomy is the surgical removal of a pulmonary embolism, which is a blockage in an artery in the lungs.

NYU Langone surgeons perform minimally invasive and open procedures to quickly destroy blood clots that cause pulmonary embolism. Learn more.

Pulmonary embolectomy is used as a treatment for pulmonary embolism (PE), or blood clots in the lungs. The clots are caused by a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) that has traveled through the bloodstream to the lung.