Table 2.
Complications following femoral artery cannulation
| Reference | Cases | Permanent ischaemic damage (n) | Temporary occlusion (n) | Sepsis (n) | Local infection (n) | Pseudoaneurysm (n) | Haematoma (n) | Bleeding (n) |
| [49] | 46 | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| [50] | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 5 | - |
| [51] | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | - |
| [17] | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 |
| [52] | 89 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 |
| [53] | 2100 | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | - | - |
| [18] | 114 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| [54] | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| [55] | 220 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | 8 | - |
| [19] | 64 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | - |
| [56] | 976 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mean incidence (%) | 0.18 (3/1664) | 1.45 (10/688) | 0.44 (13/2923) | 0.78 (5/642) | 0.3 (6/2100) | 6.1 (28/461) | 1.58 (5/316) |
The total number of cannulations was 3899. -, Not investigated.