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Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 2 Dimension of Fogarty EC along with the dimension of its balloon in deflated and inflated state

From: Use of embolectomy catheter for lung isolation in pediatric patients undergoing lung decortication surgery: experience of ten cases

Catheter size (Fr)

Diameter of catheter body (millimetre)

Size in Fr/3 = size in millimetre

Inflated balloon diameter (millimetre)

Deflated balloon diameter (millimetre)

3

1

5

1.4

4

1.33

9

1.67

5

1.66

11

2

6

2

13

2.3

7

2.33

14

2.66

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