Thrombolysis With Intra-arterial Urokinase

Under local anaesthesia, the right femoral artery was punctured in accordance with the Seldinger technique, and a 6-Fr sheath, 10 cm in length, was implanted. Selective catheterization of the SMA was performed with 4-Fr catheter. The SMA angiography was performed to identify the filling defect. Thrombolysis was performed using a 5-Fr multiple-sideport infusion catheter (100cm with sideport of 7cm, 14 ports or 100cm with sideport of 15cm, 30 ports, Cook, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A). The tip of the microcatheter was embedded in the thromboembolism, which was fragmented at the time of thrombolysis. Thrombolysis was performed locally in the SMA with a bolus of urokinase