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Post-traumatic femoropopliteal pseudo-aneurysm in a patient allergic to heparins
| Summary: | Post-traumatic pseudo-aneurysms of the femoral artery are a rare complication. They normally have iatrogenic causes and immediately appear. Less often, they appear at a later stage and are related with traumatisms, orthopaedic surgery, bone lesions, infections, etc. This report presents a case of a patient with allergy to heparin, and pseudo-aneurysm of the superficial femoral artery and 1st portion of the popliteal artery secondary to remote trauma in an extremity with serious deformities as a sequel. We performed conventional surgery using a posterior approach, and obtained a satisfactory outcome and evolution. |
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| Subject: | Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm Posterior approach Pseudoaneurisma femoropoplíteo Alergia à heparina Abordagem posterior Heparin allergy Pseudoaneurisma pós-traumático Femoropopliteal pseudo-aneurysm |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | journal article |
| Access type: | Restricted |
| Associated institution: | Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular |
| Summary: | Post-traumatic pseudo-aneurysms of the femoral artery are a rare complication. They normally have iatrogenic causes and immediately appear. Less often, they appear at a later stage and are related with traumatisms, orthopaedic surgery, bone lesions, infections, etc. This report presents a case of a patient with allergy to heparin, and pseudo-aneurysm of the superficial femoral artery and 1st portion of the popliteal artery secondary to remote trauma in an extremity with serious deformities as a sequel. We performed conventional surgery using a posterior approach, and obtained a satisfactory outcome and evolution. |
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