ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the effects(mortality, amputation rate, the length and expense of hospital stay, etc)of the obstructing blood flow interventional embolectomy and simple interventional embolectomy for acute lower limb arterial embolism. Methods 79 cases of acute lower limb arterial embolism including 23 cases of two sites puncturing and obstructing blood flow interventional embolectomy and 56 cases treated by simple interventional embolectomy were retrospeetively analyzed and compared. Results Embolisms were removed in all 79 cases and arteries were reopened successfully. The mortality and the amputation rates of the simple and the obstructing blood flow embolectomies were 5.36%,19.6%, and 4.35%, 8.70% respectively. Conclusion Two sites puncturing and obstructing blood flow interventional embolectomy for acute lower limb arterial embolism is simple, safe and effective, comparing with the simple interventional embolectomy, with lower amputation rate, quicker recovery and lower expense, however with no statistical significance in mortalities.