Routine Use of Ultrasound Guidance in Femoral Arterial Access for Peripheral Vascular Intervention Decreases Groin Hematoma Rates in High-Volume Surgeons

There is a documented learning curve when adopting ultrasound guidance (UG) to aid vascular access. In the Vascular Study Group of New England (VSGNE), routine UG during percutaneous femoral artery access was shown to protect against the complication of groin hematoma. We sought to confirm this finding in the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI), a dataset with a larger sample size and broader geographic distribution, and evaluate the effects of ultrasound usage and interventionalist volume on hematoma rates following peripheral vascular interventions (PVI).

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - April 13, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Elica Inagaki, Alik Farber, Jeffrey J. Siracuse, Matthew W. Mell, Denis V. Rybin, Gheorghe Doros, Jeffrey Kalish, Vascular Quality Initiative Source Type: research