Stenting as an alternative to open repair in traumatic superficial femoral artery injuries.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Durai, Rajaraman; Kyriakides, Constantinos
- Source
- Southern Medical Journal. Sep2008, Vol. 101 Issue 9, p963-966. 4p. 6 Diagrams.
- Subject
- *ARTERIAL injuries
*FEMORAL artery
*SURGICAL stents
*ANGIOGRAPHY
*SURGERY
- Language
- ISSN
- 0038-4348
Lower limb ischemia may occur when a superficial femoral artery (SFA) is injured in blunt or penetrating trauma. Surgical repair of the injured artery can be challenging and time-consuming when there is an associated fracture. Two cases of traumatic SFA injury treated with endovascular stent grafting are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]