J Korean Soc Vasc Surg.  2011 Feb;27(1):27-30.

Surgical Treatment of Acute Arterial Occlusion after Applying the Vascular Closure Device for Hemostasis of Femoral Arteriotomy in Vascular Intervention

• Yoon JC
• Kwon JS
• Kim HY
• Kang HJ
• Yoon DK
• Chon SE
• Lee JJ
• Lee JH
• Lee S
• Park SG

Abstract

Vascular intervention via the femoral artery can cause vascular access complications and complications from closure of the arteriotomic incision site such as bleeding, thrombotic complications and vascular trauma. These types of complications occur in about 2% to 10% of the cases. After removal of the catheter, hemostasis is traditionally achieved by manual compression as a standard method. Many vascular closure devices have been developed in an attempt to improve the patient's comfort and to decrease the time to ambulation. Yet the safety and effectiveness of these vascular closure devices as compared to that of manual compression remains unclear. Herein we report on a case of femoral arterial occlusion due to vascular closure devices and the operative management.

Keyword

Vascular closure device; Femoral arterial occlusion

MeSH Terms

Catheters
Femoral Artery
Hemorrhage
Hemostasis
Walking