title: Femoral pseudoaneurysms in drug addicts.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the outcome of treatment of femoral pseudoaneurysms in drug addicts.
  
  
  METHODS
  The records of eight patients undergoing vascular surgery for femoral pseudoaneurysms from substance abuse identified from a vascular database were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Were good in four out of five patients who had a primary vascular reconstruction. Two out of two patients who had a triple ligation of their aneurysms had claudication postoperatively. One patient presenting with thrombosis had a hip-exarticulation following an unsuccessful thrombectomi. No death occurred in this series.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Revascularisation at the time of resection of the pseudoaneurysm offers better prospects for limb function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rørdam
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome