An unexpected anatomical variant of the femoral artery in a patient with acute lower limb ischemia: case report

Siani, Andrea and Accrocca, Federico and Giordano, Gioacchino Alessandro and Antonelli, Roberto and Mounayergi, Federica and Gabrielli, Roberto and Siani, Luca Maria and Baldassarre, Emanuele and Marcucci, Giustino (2007) An unexpected anatomical variant of the femoral artery in a patient with acute lower limb ischemia: case report. Il giornale di chirurgia, 28 (11-12). pp. 443-445. ISSN 1971-145x

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Abstract

We report a case of acute embolic ischemia of the right lower limb in a patient with unexpected intraoperative anatomic variant of femoral artery. In this anomaly, the deep femoral artery arises from the external iliac artery, 2 cm above the inguinal ligament, runs with a parallel course with the superficial femoral artery, and placed between the branches of femoral nerve. In consideration of the difficulty to achieved an extensive and optimal control of the external iliac artery with the femoral approach, a retrograde embolectomy of the iliac artery by two separate arteriotomies on the deep and superficial femoral arteries were successful performed. The literature reviewed about this anomalies. In these unexpected intraoperativecases a ductile and ingenious approach seems to be mandatory to perform a safe operation with low systemic impact.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Deep femoral artery, Femoral artery, Anomalies; Arteria femorale profonda, Arteria femorale, Anomalie
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 617 Rami vari della medicina; Chirurgia
Depositing User:	Chiara D'Arpa
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2013 16:44
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2013 16:44
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/6294

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