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Percutaneous arterial closure in severely scarred groins: a technical note
K Winter1, K Khalighi, C D Claussen
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Tübingen, Germany.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|November 26, 1998
Abstract:
We present a new method to enable the insertion of percutaneous suturing devices in severely scarred groins, using a peel-away sheath. This sheath stabilizes the percutaneous tract for the suturing device. It may help to salvage closure procedures, which would otherwise have to be aborted due to insufficient stiffness of the device shaft.