[Arterial embolectomy in acute peripheral vascular occlusion (author's transl)]

A series of 68 arterial embolectomies in 59 patients performed during 1970 to 1979 is presented. Limb salvage rate was 67,5%, amputation frequency after embolectomy 5,9%, the mortality rate came up to 17,6%. An analysis of some factors affecting the results after embolectomy, such as causative heart disease, anticoagulation treatment, and time interval between lodgment and removal of embolus, is given. Good results can be expected if surgical treatment is consequently combined with pre- and postoperative anticoagulation and therapy of causative heart disease.