Surgical correction of traumatic common femoral artery aneurysm in intravenous drug abuser

Surgical correction of traumatic common femoral artery aneurysm in intravenous drug abuser

Trauma is an uncommon cause of common femoral artery aneurysm (CFAA). We present a 31-year-old male with a history of intravenous drug abuse with an incidental finding of the right leg CFA aneurysm during ultrasonography Doppler for deep vein thrombosis. The aneurysm was surgically excised and repai...

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Main Authors: Prasesh Dhakal, Pratima Thapa, Sushil Dahal, Niroj Bhandari, Sohail Bade, Prabha Shrestha, Robin Man Karmacharya, Amit Kumar Singh, Satish Vaidya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Subjects:
femoral artery aneurysm
intravenous drug abuse
peripheral bypass surgery
traumatic aneurysm
Online Access:http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2020;volume=7;issue=4;spage=441;epage=443;aulast=Dhakal

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