Fogarty biliary balloon catheter
A dedicated balloon catheter (5-6 Fr, 23 or 40 cm), regulated as its own device category, distinct from the already-catalogued arterial embolectomy Fogarty balloon catheter: different balloon diameter, fill volume, and clinical indication.
How it is used
Passed via choledochotomy or the cystic duct beyond a retained stone, inflated, then withdrawn to sweep the stone out of the common bile duct during open bile duct exploration.
Sources
This entry is part of the Instriq catalog, researched and written per specialty from real web research -- never generated or invented without verification -- and reviewed skeptically and independently before publication. How this catalog is written.
History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-16.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.