REPAIR OF FEMORAL PSEUDOANEURYSM AFTER CARDIAC-CATHETERIZATION - UTILITY OF EXTRAPERITONEAL ILIAC CONTROL

Femoral artery lesions may occur after cardiac catheterization or perc utaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The incidence of ps eudoaneurysm following transfemoral catheterization ranges from 0.21 t o 6.25%. Among 3162 cardiac catheterization procedures thirteen (0.41% ) patients presented a femoral pseudoaneurysm requiring surgical repai r, The Authors reported their technical consideration about the utilit y of extraperitoneal iliac control during surgical repair of femoral a rtery pseudoaneurysm due to cardiac catheterization.