thrombectomy

[throm-bek-tuh-mee]

noun

plural

thrombectomies 

1. surgical removal of a blood clot from a blood vessel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrombectomy¹

Probably earlier than 1960–65; thromb(us) + -ectomy

Example Sentences

"This was the first time that we could perform the whole mechanical thrombectomy procedure in a real human body to show that all steps of the procedure are possible," said Prof Grunwald.

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LVO strokes are major medical emergencies and require the swift treatment with mechanical thrombectomy, a surgical procedure that retrieves the blockage.

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Since the early 2000s, when the first version of a thrombectomy device was cleared by the U.S.

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Doctors removed the clot in Fetterman’s brain through a thrombectomy procedure, his campaign said.

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Dr. Lee Schwamm, a stroke specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, said doctors do a thrombectomy only when a large artery in the brain is blocked.

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