Percutaneous arterial closure in severely scarred groins: A technical note

✍ Scribed by Winter, Kerstin ;Khalighi, Kourosh ;Claussen, Claus D. ;Duda, Stephan H.

• Book ID: 101243603
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 156 KB
• Volume: 45
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-6569
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199811)45:3<315::aid-ccd22>3.0.co;2-8

✦ Synopsis

We present a new method to enable the insertion of percutaneous suturing devices in severely scarred groins, using a peel-away sheath. This sheath stabilizes the percutaneous tract for the suturing device. It may help to salvage closure procedures, which would otherwise have to be aborted due to insufficient stiffness of the device shaft.