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Effective single-session percutaneous nonpharmacologic mechanical thrombectomy for phlegmasia cerulea dolens
1Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, McLaren Bay Region, Bay City, Mich.
Abstract:
Phlegmasia cerulea dolens can be a potentially devastating complication of severe deep venous thrombosis leading to limb ischemia and tissue necrosis. This report describes a patient presenting with phlegmasia cerulea dolens of the right lower extremity. Because of the urgent nature of the condition, percutaneous nonpharmacologic mechanical thrombectomy in a single session was pursued. Extensive thrombus burden was removed from the patient, and vessel patency was restored after balloon venoplasty. The patient's symptoms rapidly resolved, and the targeted vessels remain patent at 3-month follow-up.
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