CASE REPORTManagement of infected femoral closure devices
Introduction
As more interventional cardiac and vascular procedures are performed percutaneously, devices used to facilitate closure of the puncture site to allow early ambulation and discharge have proliferated. Although these closure devices have proven effective, complications related to their use have occurred.
Five cases of infection associated with the Perclose Suture Mediated Closure device (Perclose) have recently required surgical treatment at our hospital. Each case has required incision and drainage of an abcess and repair or ligation and bypass of the femoral artery.
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Case one
A 65-yr-old male was admitted with angina and mild ECG changes. A Perclose device was placed after coronary angiogram revealed severe, four vessel disease. Cardiothoracic surgery determined him to be a very poor operative risk. Three days later, the patient developed fevers. On the fifth post-angio day, the right femoral puncture site developed erythema and purulent discharge. The patient was started on cefazolin and taken to the operating room for wound debridement. The wound was drained of
Discussion
There have been several case reports of infected Angio-Seal (Sherwood, Davis & Geck) and Perclose closure devices that presented as groin abscesses and necessitated removal of the devices [1], [2], [3], [4]. We present the largest series of infectious complications from the Perclose percutaneous femoral closure device.
Reported infection rates with Perclose Suture Mediated Closure devices were low in clinical trials; the rate of infections treated with i.v. antibiotics was 0–0.8% and the rate
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