Femoral pseudoaneurysms in drug addicts.
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.
Levi
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Department of Vascular Surgery, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rørdam
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Jensen
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Schroeder
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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