adequate and early fasciotomy should be considered by the vascular surgeon in every case of embolectomy when the ischemic time is greater than 6 hours , when the patient is young without sufficient collateral circulation , the history of acute arterial occlusion is precipitous , the patient is hypotensive and the back-flow is inadequate intra-operatively , despite the passage of the fogarty 's catheter down to the malleolus .
C0162575
embolectomy
C0003842
arterial