Determining best practice: comparison of three methods of femoral sheath removal after cardiac interventional procedures.

Objective: To test the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference between 3 methods of sheath removal: manual compression, mechanical compression with the Compressar, and mechanical compression with the Femostop.

Methods: The research design was experimental. Ninety patients were randomly assigned using a random-numbers table to undergo one of 3 methods of sheath removal.