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Murine Model of Femoral Artery Wire Injury with Implantation of a Perivascular Drug Delivery Patch
Published on: February 10, 2015
[Femoral pseudoaneurysms in drug addicts: About 4 cases]
M Ben Hammamia1, M Fourati1, J Ziadi1
1Service de chirurgie cardio-vasculaire et thoracique, faculté de médecine de Tunis, CHU La Rabta, Bab-Saadoun, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie.
Purpose:
To describe the therapeutic management of false aneurysms of the femoral artery in drug addicts.
Patients And Methods:
We report the cases of four drug addicts with pseudoaneurysms of the femoral artery.
Results:
All patients were male with a mean age of 36 years. Emergency surgical treatment involved removal of the pseudoaneurysm followed by a venous graft (n=3) or patch (n=1). The post-operative period was uneventful for three patients. One patient required early revision with a second venous bypass after bleeding from the first then later a second revision for resection of infected tissue and sartorius muscle plasty to cover the groin area. Late outcome was favorable for all patients after an average 12-month follow-up.
Conclusion:
No consensus has been reached concerning the appropriate treatment for false aneurysms of the femoral artery in drug addicts. Analyses of larger series with longer follow-ups are needed to elucidate the best emergency surgical methods capable of reducing the risk of rupture.
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