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Successful treatment of a femoral pseudoaneurysm by ultrasonographically‐guided application of a suture‐mediated closure device
Author(s) -
Gong Xue,
Zhang Wenlong,
Sang Lin,
Sun Yuanyuan,
Yu Ming
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22926
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , femoral artery , fibrous joint , surgery , radiology , closure (psychology) , femoral vein , aneurysm , market economy , economics
We treated successfully a man with a femoral artery pseudoaneurysm by ultrasonography‐guided application of a suture‐mediated closure device. Radiography was not needed, as a guide wire was placed into the femoral artery along the rupture under ultrasonographic guidance alone, and the femoral artery was then sutured with the vascular closure device. The pseudoaneurysm was then completely resolved. This novel approach, which minimizes risks and costs, may be a safe and acceptable option to control iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms, especially when thrombin injection is not feasible.