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Preoperative control of a ruptured anastomotic femoral “pseudoaneurysm” by balloon catheter: A combined radiologic and surgical approach

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Annals of Vascular Surgery

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Inflow control of a rapidly expanding or ruptured femoral anastomotic “pseudoaneurysm” can be fraught with hazard. Occlusion of an anastomotic femoral aneurysm with a balloon catheter offers the surgeon a simple method of gaining inflow control prior to surgery. After achieving inflow control with the balloon catheter, the surgeon can incise the anastomotic aneurysm without significant blood loss, control back bleeding with balloon occlusion catheters, and with relative ease and safety repair or replace the anastomotic aneurysm as indicated. An illustrative case is presented.

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  1. Department of Vascular Surgery, Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Atlanta, Ga

    David Rosenthal MD, Christopher Dickson MD, Michael D. Clark MD, Pano A. Lamis MD & Daniel G. Schwartzberg MD

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Rosenthal, D., Dickson, C., Clark, M.D. et al. Preoperative control of a ruptured anastomotic femoral “pseudoaneurysm” by balloon catheter: A combined radiologic and surgical approach. Annals of Vascular Surgery 9, 289–292 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02135290

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