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Percutaneous Transcatheter Embolization of Injuries to the Profunda Fernoris Artery: A Case Report

From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee

David Rosenthal

From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Michael Clark

From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Pano Lamis

From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Traumatic injury to the middle and distal thirds of the profunda femoris artery can be extremely difficult to surgically repair. The present article out lines an alternative form of treatment in which angiotherapeutic techniques of embolization are used in such an injury. A survey of the literature indicates that this may be the preferred method of therapy with lesions in this difficult area to surgically approach.

Angiology, Vol. 36, No. 9, 650-655 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/000331978503600910


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