Management of a retained catheter in an arteriovenous malformation : Case report

The long-term effects of retained catheters in patients are not well known; therefore, the clinical presentation may differ. The authors present the case of a 21-year-old man with a pseudoaneurysm of the left common femoral artery, which developed 3 months after a transfemoral microcatheter emboliza...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of neurosurgery 2007-03, Vol.106 (3), p.481-483
Hauptverfasser:	BINGÖL, Hakan, SIRIN, Gokche, AKAY, Hakki Tankut, IYEM, Hikmet, DEMIRKILIC, Ufuk, TATAR, Harun
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aneurysm, False - diagnostic imaging Aneurysm, False - etiology Aneurysm, False - surgery Biological and medical sciences Catheterization - adverse effects Cyanoacrylates Embolization, Therapeutic - adverse effects Femoral Artery Humans Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - therapy Male Medical sciences Neurosurgery Radiography Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	The long-term effects of retained catheters in patients are not well known; therefore, the clinical presentation may differ. The authors present the case of a 21-year-old man with a pseudoaneurysm of the left common femoral artery, which developed 3 months after a transfemoral microcatheter embolization of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in which the catheter was inadvertently glued into the AVM and was retained at the groin.
ISSN:	0022-3085 1933-0693
DOI:	10.3171/jns.2007.106.3.481