Surgical Repair of Lower Extremity Vascular Injuries in Children: Two Cases

The use of percutaneous devices is commonplace for the treatment of many congenital heart defects. However, there are some situations where procedure-related complications are encountered and surgical help is required to ameliorate this issue. Vascular injury due to transcatheter intervention is a s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in vascular medicine 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.1-3
Hauptverfasser: Kaya, Bulent, Eyileten, Zeynep, Saricaoglu, Cahit, Yaman, Nur Dikmen, Tasar, Mehmet, Uysalel, Adnan
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Zusammenfassung:The use of percutaneous devices is commonplace for the treatment of many congenital heart defects. However, there are some situations where procedure-related complications are encountered and surgical help is required to ameliorate this issue. Vascular injury due to transcatheter intervention is a significant and challenging complication and occasionally requires surgical approach. In this case report, we aimed to present successful surgical management of vascular injuries associated with percutaneous interventions in children.
ISSN:2090-6986
2090-6994
DOI:10.1155/2014/606574