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The treatment of upper limb vascular occlusions using intraarterial thrombolysis
J A Michaels1, E P Torrie, R B Galland
1Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berks, U.K.
European Journal of Vascular Surgery
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
Acute ischaemia of the lower limb is increasingly treated by intraarterial thrombolysis. Four cases are reported in which this technique has been used successfully for treatment of upper limb emboli. The possible indications and potential drawbacks of such treatment are discussed.