Citation

Sharma S, Bhargava B, Mahapatra M, Malhotra R. Eur. Radiol. 1999; 9(3): 422-424.

Affiliation

Department of Cardiovascular Radiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10087109

Abstract

Accidental trauma frequently involves the extremities, and can extend to involve their blood supply, causing exsanguinating hemorrhage and pseudoaneurysm in the involved blood vessel. This is traditionally managed by surgical repair. We report a case in which control of life-threatening hemorrhage and exclusion of a large, post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm in the superficial femoral artery was performed by a commercially available stent-graft, without complication. This treatment method may be a safe and effective alternative to surgery in selected patients.

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