Pseudoaneurysm, an encapsulated hematoma that is connected to the arterial puncture site, is the most common complication during the interventional treatment of cardiovascular disease (1). In clinical, pseudoaneurysm frequently occurs due to a low puncture site and insufficient angiopressure support after catheter removal (2). However, until now, the current therapy for pseudoaneurysms mainly focuses on traditional treatments (3). Here we describe 1 cases of deep femoral artery pseudoaneurysm after interventional embolization of liver tumor.

A 61-year-old male suffered pain and swelling in her left lower extremity after a interventional operation. He had a medical history of interventional embolization of liver tumors 1 month ago. Vascular ultrasound clearly revealed a pseudoaneurysm connecting with left deep femoral artery with a symbol of mural thrombus within the lumen. Surgery was arranged on the 5nd day. Routine preoperative examination was evaluated prior to the surgery. Angiography result revealed a 2 cm × 5 cm-sized pseudoaneurysm arising from a branch of the left deep femoral artery (Figure 1A). After the placement of 6-F sheath (Terumo, Tokyo, Japan) over pseudoaneurysm sac, then another guide wire was transported into the pseudoaneurysm sac via another 6-F sheath over right femoral artery access. The catcher is used to catch the guide wire from the contralateral sheath (Figure 1B). A PROGLIDE device (Abbott Vascular, Redwood City, CA, United States) was used to suture the rupture of the pseudoaneurysm (Figure 1C), and the second angiography showed the rupture is completely closed (Figure 1D). The vital signs and symptoms of patient were stable after the procedure. Without any other complications, she was discharged 2 days after the operation. Informed consent was obtained from the patient for the publication of this study.

Figure 1. (A) Angiography result revealed a 2 cm × 5 cm-sized pseudoaneurysm arising from a branch of the left deep femoral artery. (B) The catcher is used to catch the guide wire from the contralateral sheath. (C) A PROGLIDE device was used to suture the rupture of the pseudoaneurysm. (D) Angiography showed the rupture is completely closed.

Iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm is a vascular complication after interventional examination. In clinical practice, color doppler ultrasound was used to observe characteristic reciprocating signal of blood flow in the aneurysm cavity (4). Considering the serious consequences of the disease such as vascular rupture (5), thromboembolism (6), compression of peripheral nerve tissue (7) and skin tissue necrosis (8). so it is a crucial issue how to deal with pseudoaneurysm. In this case, we suspected that low-position puncture and insufficient compression caused a pseudoaneurysm of deep femoral artery.

We reviewed the relevant literature to find the solution of pseudoaneurysm, the method varies based on size of cavity and symptoms of patients. A cavity <2 cm in diameter that is not extending can be managed conservatively. During conservative procedure, external compression of the puncture can be the first option (9). If fails, multiple embolic materials, including polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) particles, sodium alginate microspheres amd coils, are injected into the aneurysm neck (10). Besides, surgery can be performed when some complication such as swelling, skin necrosis or compression of peripheral nerve tissue occurs (11). The puncture was sutured and the hematoma was removed in the pseudoaneurysm. In this cases, non-surgical treatments such as compression or a simple embolization could not be conducted due to severe pain and oversized pseudoaneurysm cavity. A closure device was used to suture puncture. Compared to other treatments, PROGLIDE device (12) shows an excellent blocking effect, effectively avoiding the trauma of surgical treatment, and also shortening the patient's hospital time.

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Keywords: deep femoral artery, pseudoaneurysm, proGlide, angiography, guide wire

Citation: Jiaxin L, Yan L, Sheng Z, Zhiyi D, Jichang W and Shaoying L (2023) Case report: Successful and effective percutaneous closure of a deep femoral artery pseudoaneurysm using proglide device. Front. Surg. 10:1109243. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1109243

Received: 28 November 2022; Accepted: 2 March 2023;
Published: 31 March 2023.

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*Correspondence: Wang Jichang inte1385@163.com Lu Shaoying robertlu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Specialty Section: This article was submitted to Vascular Surgery, a section of the journal Frontiers in Surgery