title: Endovascular Treatment of Infected Brachial Pseudoaneurysm in an Intravenous Drug Abuser: A Case Report.
abstract: We report the case of a 36-year-old male, admitted in the emergency room with a nonruptured brachial pseudoaneurysm after buprenorphine injection, with no signs of distal acute ischemia. After endovascular treatment with a nitinol covered stent associated with adapted antibiotherapy and 35 days of hospitalizations, the patient was discharged with good short results but stent need to be removed at 6 months for thrombosis and partial exposure through the wound.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Pasteur, Colmar, France.
authors.forename: Raluca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boieru
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire et de Transplantation Rénale, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Georg
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Pasteur, Colmar, France.
authors.forename: Dharmesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ramlugun
authors.affiliation: Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Pasteur, Colmar, France.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinot
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Pasteur, Colmar, France.
authors.forename: Amelie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camin
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Pasteur, Colmar, France.
authors.forename: Lucien
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matysiak
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Pasteur, Colmar, France. Electronic address: benjamin.kretz@wanadoo.fr.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kretz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000497:Alloys; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D020878:Device Removal; D055030:Drug Users; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; C013616:nitinol