Thrombectomy Suggested for Venous Occlusion
Abstract
A surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has found that thrombectomy may become the treatment of choice for the relief of the acute symptoms of venous occlusion and may prevent the development of the crippling postphlebitic syndrome.
J. Alex Haller, Jr., MD, associate professor of surgery, reported at the Clinical Convention on his experience with surgical treatment of deep thrombophlebitis of the leg. Acute iliofemoral venous thrombosis, following either surgery or...