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au fond (iou) and Fogarty catheter (medicine)


au fond (iou)



au fond adverbial phr. [o f] L18.
[French.]
At bottom, basically.

Fogarty catheter (medicine)


Fogarty catheter


A catheter with an inflatable balloon near its tip; used to remove arterial emboli and thrombi from major veins (e.g., iliofemoral) and to remove stones from the biliary ducts.

Synonym: balloon-tip catheter.