Management of the infected arterial pseudoaneurysm secondary to groin injecting drug use and outcomes: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People who inject drugs are at risk of a range of injecting-related infections and injuries, which can threaten life and limb. In parallel to escalating rates of drug-related deaths seen in Scotland and the UK, there has also been an increase in hospital admissions for skin and soft tissue infections related to injecting drug use. One such injecting complication is the infected arterial pseudoaneurysm, which risks rupture and life-threatening haemorrhage. Surgical management options for the infected arterial pseudoaneurysm secondary to groin injecting drug use remain contentious, with some advocates for ligation and debridement alone, whilst others promote acute arterial reconstruction (suture or patch repair, bypass or, more recently, endovascular stent-graft placemen

SUBMITTER: MacLeod CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277064 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature