title: A new puncture needle (Seldinger technique) for easy antegrade catheterization of the superficial femoral artery.
abstract: Mainly for anatomical reasons a guide-wire or a catheter has a tendency to turn into the deep femoral artery during antegrade catheterization of the lower limb. To overcome this problem a curved puncture needle has been designed which allows positioning of the guidewire in an anterior direction. Antegrade catheterization of the superficial femoral artery was achieved in 25 patients without lengthy manipulations or complications. With this technique the rate of complications at antegrade catheterization will probably be reduced.
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D011859:Radiography