title: [Local vascular complications after iatrogenic femoral artery puncture].
abstract: Over a period of 5 years 81 vascular complications after 15,460 catheterizations of the femoral artery for diagnostic (n = 11,883) or therapeutic (n = 3577) procedures were registered. The following complications were observed in declining frequency: 1. False aneurysm (n = 65), 2. arterial occlusion (dissection, embolia, thrombosis) (n = 8), 3. vascular lesion causing profuse bleeding (n = 7), 4. AV-fistula (n = 1). The total complication rate was 0.52%. The complication rate was significantly higher in therapeutical procedures (1,03%) than in diagnostic investigations (0.37%). Pseudoaneurysms were complicated by thrombosis of the femoral vein (n = 3), lymphatic fistula (n = 3) and deep wound infection (n = 9); secondary complication rate 18.5%. Risk factors for local vascular complications are old age, female gender, high grade arteriosclerosis at the puncture site, overweight, manifest arterial hypertension and medication with cumarin, acetylsalicylic acid or heparin. Further complicating factors are connected with technical risks such as duration of the procedure. French size of the catheter, the catheter sheath and multiple punctures. Vascular repair was performed by simple angiography in most cases, but in 14.8% more extensive surgical procedures were required. In patients with signs of occlusive vascular disease the external iliac artery was replaced by a PTFE-vascular access graft in 4 cases and an arterioplasty of the deep femoral artery was performed in 2 patients. 36% of the operations were undertaken as emergencies. Reintervention was necessary for a postoperative bleeding complication in 1 case (surgical complication rate 1.2%). A female patient suffering from aortic valve stenosis died during emergency operation due to massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage after cardiac catheterization (mortality rate 1.2%). Over a median follow-up period of 37 months no late complications of the intervention were recorded, nor recurrences of peripheral arterial occlusive disease.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Gefässchirurgie, Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Graz.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fruhwirth
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pascher
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Amann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Lokale Gefässkomplikationen nach iatrogener Femoralarterienpunktion.