Treatment of postcatheterisation false aneurysms: ultrasound-guided compression vs ultrasound-guided thrombin injection.

Objectives: to compare the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided compression (UGC) with ultrasound-guided thrombin injection (UGTI) for treatment of postcatheterisation arterial false aneurysms (cFA).

Design: prospective clinical study using historical controls.

Materials And Methods: we prospectively collected data on 33 consecutive patients diagnosed with cFA larger than 1.