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1	Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Thrombin Injection for Femoral Artery Pseudoaneurysms McCoy, Dana W., Scharfstein, B, Walker, W., Evans, J. 01 October 2000 (has links) We reviewed 13 cases of ultrasound-guided thrombin injection of femoral pseudoaneurysms. All cases occurred within a 17-month period from January 1998 through May 1999 and were complications of femoral artery puncture. Immediate total thrombosis occurred in nine of 13 patients. Twenty-four-hour follow-up ultrasound in seven patients revealed no recurrence of pseudoaneurysm. Two of 13 patients required operative repair. One pseudoaneurysm thrombosed with 15 minutes of compression after injection and one case required a second injection. No cases of arterial thrombosis were noted. Ultrasound-guided thrombin injection for femoral artery pseudoaneurysm represents a safe and effective alternative to operative repair. aged aged 80 and over aneurysm false (diagnostic imaging drug therapy etiology) angioplasty balloon coronary cardiac catheterization female femoral artery (diagnostic imaging) humans iatrogenic disease injections intralesional male middle aged thrombin (administration & dosage) treatment outcome ultrasonography doppler color Surgery