Attitude of management of femoral pseudoaneurysm due to drug injection
- Author:
Hung Thai Pham
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pseudoaneurysm
- MeSH:
Aneurysm, False;
Injections;
therapeutics
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):49-51
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
This study involved 82 addicts (male: 74, female: 8) with average ages of 30.3, and average duration of drug injection (2.3 years). Results have shown that the pseudoaneurysm in Vietnam was increasingly. Most of patients admitted to hospital due to the ruptured pseudoaneurysm and much bleeding. The vascular legation was acceptable and simple method that can be implemented in the local level.
