Abstract

AMIL, Carla Lorena Blanco; FERREIROA, Carolina Gallego; MUNOZ, Eduardo Fraga  and  SA, José Manuel Encisa de. Post-traumatic femoropopliteal pseudo-aneurysm in a patient allergic to heparins. Angiol Cir Vasc [online]. 2016, vol.12, n.3, pp.199-204. ISSN 1646-706X.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancv.2016.04.002.

Post-traumatic pseudo-aneurysms of the femoral artery are a rare complication. They normally have iatrogenic causes and immediately appear. Less often, they appear at a later stage and are related with traumatisms, orthopaedic surgery, bone lesions, infections, etc. This report presents a case of a patient with allergy to heparin, and pseudo-aneurysm of the superficial femoral artery and 1st portion of the popliteal artery secondary to remote trauma in an extremity with serious deformities as a sequel. We performed conventional surgery using a posterior approach, and obtained a satisfactory outcome and evolution.

Keywords : Femoropopliteal pseudo-aneurysm; Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm; Posterior approach; Heparin allergy.

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