Open AccessPSEUDOANEURYSM OF THE SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY;
Author(s) -
Bashir Muhammad Ali,
Rehman Obaid–ur,
Jehanzaib Shah,
GillaniSyed Furqan,
Shakir Imtiaz,
Adnan Muhammad Rana
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2014.21.05.2558
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , pseudoaneurysm , surgery , thigh , internal fixation , superficial femoral artery , fixation (population genetics) , radiology , resection , femoral artery , population , environmental health
… The case report is of a 30-year male patient who had a fracture shaft of femurand after open reduction and internal fixation developed swelling which was painful and waspresent on the medial aspect of the thigh. It was decided to do an angiogram as the swellingwas expansile and confirmed superficial femoral artery pseudo aneurysm and the reason wasthought to be over penetration of the bit of the drill while doing the surgery for shaft of femurfracture. Treatment decided by the multidisciplinary team was to remove the condylar buttressplate, resection of the aneurysm and repair of the aneurysm with inter-positional graft