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Femoral artery ligation as treatment for infected pseudo-aneurysms, secondary to drug injection
S R Mousavi1, A Saberi, N Tadayon
1Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Shohada Medical Centre, Shahidbeheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. seyed29@yahoo.com
Objective:
Parenteral drug injection can cause a wide range of vascular complications, from simple vascular irritation to severe infections, thrombosis and pseudo-aneurysm formation: These latter complications may become limb- or even life-threatening.
Patients And Methods:
This is a retrospective descriptive study of cases admitted to the Shohada Medical Centre, between March 1990 and June 2005.
Results:
A total of 134 drug addicts presenting with infected femoral artery pseudo-aneurysms were treated. All patients had their femoral arteries ligated. Limbs of all 134 patients were saved.
Conclusions:
Ligating the femoral artery is an effective way to treat femoral artery pseudo-aneurysm, secondary to drug abuse.
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