[The Göttinger minipig as an animal model in hip endoprosthesis. Anatomy, anesthesia, operation results].

The Göttingen mini swine is a good experimental animal. The electrolytes and the bone healing rate is comparable to human. The weight of the animals should be 30-45 kg.

Performance of indirect embolectomy aided by a new developed flush-suction catheter system. Forty-seven experimental embolectomy procedures in test animals.

Embolectomy by means of the Fogarty catheter is the therapy of choice in the event of acute occlusions of limb arteries. However, less invasive catheter procedures have become established means to perform embolectomies lately. In order to improve the results after using the above mentioned methods, we have developed a new embolectomy procedure.