Which Femoral Approach Is More Efficient For Femoral Artery Interventions

There has always been a debate about groin incisions for preparation of femoral arteries. Commonly, two types of surgical incisions are being used. We classified the patients who have been operated in our center during last 10 year according to their surgical procedures such as IABP insertion and femoral surgical procedures. We compared 440 IABP patients in their own group according to their insertion technique as percutaneous and two surgical incision types. We compared 343 patients underwent a peripheral bypass operation whose femoral arteries were used, according to incision type as longitudinal and oblique we evaluated the incidence of lymphorrhage, wound infections and early vascular complications. In cases of IABP, oblique surgical approach should be preferred less vascular event rate due to direct exposure versus blind percutaneous technique. In peripheral vascular procedures, oblique approach is preferable to longitudinal since it serves an excellent exposure as comfortable as longitudinal approach.