The most common complication of cardiovascular diseases is thrombosis – when blood thickens in blood vessels, specifically in veins, and forms a thrombus. This occurs due to slowed blood flow in the veins, damage to their walls, and impaired blood coagulation.
In Israel, at the Top Ihilov clinic, vascular surgeons successfully relieve patients from thrombosis using the latest surgical techniques that do not require extensive interventions. These new methods include endovascular thrombectomy, radiofrequency and aspiration embolectomy, performed using advanced surgical equipment.
To learn how endovascular thrombectomy is performed in Israel, the cost of the operation, and to receive a preliminary examination program, you can contact the managers of the international department at Top Ihilov.
Endovascular Thrombectomy in Israel – Techniques, Technologies
Thrombosis is a very dangerous complication, as it threatens the patient with severe consequences, including complete vessel occlusion or detachment of the thrombus into the bloodstream. As a result, gangrene may develop, and even death can occur. Therefore, thrombosis must be treated immediately and by highly qualified vascular surgeons.
At Top Ihilov, two methods of performing thrombectomy are used – endovascular and open, on an open vessel. The choice of method and access depends on the patient's condition, the severity, and the extent of the vessel damage.
Endovascular thrombectomy is performed using a catheter that is inserted into a large vein of the thigh or below the knee. This approach does not involve excising a section of the vessel and performing postoperative plastic surgery. Before the surgical intervention, the doctor first administers blood-thinning medications and then performs a diagnostic venography – examining the vessel, detecting the thrombus, and assessing the extent of the damage and all aggravating circumstances. After that, the surgeon decides on the method of thrombus removal.
- Often, balloon catheter angioplasty is used, in which a special endovascular balloon is introduced into the affected vessel via a catheter. Before introducing the balloon, an incision is made in the vessel at the projection of the thrombus, and the balloon is inserted through this incision. The balloon is then filled with isotonic sodium chloride solution, it inflates and grabs the blood clot. The balloon with the attached thrombus is then extracted. During such an operation, it is necessary to use electrosurgical equipment to ensure hemostasis (to prevent bleeding).
- Thrombi are also removed using the aspiration thrombectomy method. Essentially, this involves puncturing the vessel with a needle attached to a catheter and aspirating the thrombotic formations with a syringe. However, this method is not always acceptable – especially in cases of multiple thrombotic lesions.
- If new blood clots appear after the surgical removal of blood clots, they can be removed using the reolytic thrombectomy method, which involves puncturing the vascular bed in specific areas and fragmenting the thrombi using special catheters.
- For the removal of thrombosis of hemorrhoidal nodes, radiofrequency thrombectomy is used, which is performed under local anesthesia. The operation lasts from 20 to 40 minutes. For its implementation, a catheter is used, through which a source of high-frequency radio waves is directed to the thrombotic formations and dissolves them. It is an absolutely bloodless operation, not requiring hospitalization in the postoperative period – the patient is discharged immediately after thrombectomy.
Endovascular thrombectomy in Israel receives not just grateful but enthusiastic reviews. The operation helps patients quickly and with minimal trauma to get rid of thrombosis. In addition, endovascular thrombectomy in Israel (reviews) is easily tolerated due to the use of shallow anesthesia (endotracheal) and the short duration of the operation.
In some cases, only open thrombectomy may be applicable, performed with an incision of the vessel at the site of localization of the thrombotic mass, removal of thrombi, and plastic surgery of the damaged vessel. An indication for performing open thrombectomy is venous gangrene, which develops as a result of thrombosis of the deep veins.
Diagnostic Program Before Surgery
At the Top Ihilov clinic, the examination of a patient with any degree of severity of thrombosis does not exceed 3-4 days – during this time, doctors compile a complete clinical picture of the pathology and select the optimal method of thrombectomy.
On the first day, there is a consultation with the doctor and the creation of a diagnostic plan. This day coincides with your arrival in Israel. You will be met at the airport by a curator-translator, an employee of the clinic's international department, who will be with you throughout your treatment. They help you quickly pass through customs, transport you to the clinic for a consultation with a vascular surgeon. On the second day, they accompany you to all diagnostic procedures assigned by the doctor. The third day is the stage of receiving the treatment program from the board of doctors. If you are scheduled for endovascular thrombectomy in Israel, the prices will be announced to you during the board meeting.
Typically, our patients undergo the following studies before thrombectomy:
- laboratory tests;
- venography;
- angiography;
- duplex scanning.
The method of thrombectomy is chosen only based on the results of the diagnosis.
Endovascular Thrombectomy in Israel – Cost
Contrary to the common belief about the high cost of foreign medicine, medical services in Israeli clinics are accessible to many people with different income levels. Even complex procedures that require innovative approaches and expensive equipment cost one-third to half less than in Western centers.
For example, the prices for endovascular thrombectomy in Israel are acceptable, being 30-45% lower than in Western Europe and the USA. Therefore, even residents of these countries come here, not wanting to overpay for medical care of the same high level as at home.
Don’t know how to organize your arrival at our clinic? Call us or leave a request on our website, and the consultants at Top Ihilov will call you back at a convenient time and answer all your questions.
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Why Choose Us – Top Ihilov Clinic
- Professional staff, vascular surgeons with unique experience in thrombectomy.
- Advanced equipment in the diagnostic department and operating rooms of the vascular surgery department.
- Minimally invasive surgeries on vessels, non-invasive endovascular surgery – removal of thrombi without cutting vessels and even bloodless methods.
- Prices are much lower than in centers in Europe and North America. Moreover, we do not require prepayment, and the patient is not obliged to pay for the entire diagnostic and treatment process in one payment and one sum. The amount can be divided into several payments for each stage of the therapeutic and diagnostic process.
- The international department – our staff member will be with you 24 hours a day, every day. Solving all issues, arranging your living conditions, and organizing your comfortable and timely passage through all procedures are their direct responsibilities.