Fogarty Balloon Catheter
Fogarty Catheter · Fogarty Embolectomy Catheter · Embolectomy Catheter · Fogarty Venous Thrombectomy Catheter · Thrombectomy Catheter · Balloon Embolectomy Catheter
A narrow, flexible catheter with a firm tip and a small balloon just behind the tip that is inflated with a syringe at the hub.
On the table
What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Removes clots from arteries (embolectomy) and veins (thrombectomy). The deflated catheter is passed beyond the clot, the balloon is inflated, and the catheter is slowly pulled back to drag the clot out through the arteriotomy or venotomy. In iliofemoral venous thrombectomy several passes are made under fluoroscopyfloo-ROS-kuh-peeAn x-ray method that shows moving pictures of the inside of the body in real time.fluor/o glowing (from the fluorescent screen)-scopy looking, viewingFull entry , and a second Fogarty can be placed above the clot to block the inferior vena cavain-FEER-ee-er VEE-nuh KAY-vuhThe large vein that carries blood from the lower body back to the right atrium of the heart.inferior lowervena veincava hollowFull entry .
Lengths and variants
Sized in French; arterial embolectomy and venous thrombectomy versions are made in several lengths.
What experienced techs know
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3 sources
- AST. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 23 (Peripheral Vascular Surgery), p. 1109
- Fuller. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Chapter 32 (Peripheral Vascular Surgery), p. 847
- pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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