title: Endovascular treatment of a posttraumatic femoral vein-profunda femoris artery fistula.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe successful endovascular management of a posttraumatic arteriovenous fistula (AVF) when a covered stent is unavailable.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An AVF developed between the profunda femoris and the femoral vein in a 59-year-old man undergoing a total hip revision procedure. No covered stent being available, a Dacron plug was inserted on top of scaffolding created by a conventional stent and embolization coils. Successful control of hemorrhage and resolution of the AVF was documented. Pulmonary embolization was avoided by using this scaffolding technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dacron can be used for occlusion of a medium-sized artery in an emergency situation in selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Denton
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates