HOST-ARTERY WEAKNESS IN THE ETIOLOGY OF FEMORAL ANASTOMOTIC FALSE ANEURYSMS

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 95  (2) , 150-153
Abstract
Patients (47) developed a total of 69 false femoral artery aneurysms. Of these aneurysms, 58 occurred an average of 6.2 .+-. 3.1 yr after the original revascularization procedure. Ten of these aneurysms occurred once after initial repair and 1 occurred a 2nd time. Endarterectomy was performed in almost 1/3 of the arteries that later developed false aneurysms. Aneurysms developed in 18 endarterectomized arteries after performance of an anastomosis with a vein patch or Dacron graft. Infection was present in only 1 case. The suture material in the primary anastomosis was predominantly braided Dacron. Hypertension and bleeding were not commonly associated. Endarterectomy weakens anastomoses and is a factor in false aneurysm formation.

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