Peripheral vessel false aneurysm obliteration by intraluminal thrombin injection - case report and review of the literature

Tomasz Urbanek; Grzegorz Biolik; Tomasz Orawczyk; Krzysztof Szaniewski; Krzysztof Ziaja

Vol 4, No 4 (2002)

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Published online: 2003-02-10

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Peripheral vessel false aneurysm obliteration by intraluminal thrombin injection - case report and review of the literature

Tomasz Urbanek, Grzegorz Biolik, Tomasz Orawczyk, Krzysztof Szaniewski, Krzysztof Ziaja

Chirurgia Polska 2002;4(4):193-198.

Vol 4, No 4 (2002)

Aktualności

Published online: 2003-02-10

Abstract

The more frequent occurrence of peripheral vessel false aneurysms as a result of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures’ development is observed. Until recently, the treatment of choice was surgery or ultrasound-guided compression. A case of pseudoaneurysm of the femoral artery, arising as a complication of coronarography, was reported in a 61-year-old woman. False aneurysm was occluded by percutaneous ultrasound-guided thrombin injection directly into the aneurysm sac. Ultrasound-guided thrombin injection is a promising, minimally invasive technique for the treatment of iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms.