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Percutaneous TPA injection of temporal artery pseudoaneurysm
Date: Feb 24, 2021
Question:
Would you agree with 37242 for this procedure? "Patient has a post-traumatic right forehead pseudoanurysm. With direct ultrasound guidance, a 23 gauge needle was passed into the pseudoaneurysm, and 0.5 mL of thrombin was then injected. There was immediate, complete thrombosis of the pseudoaneurysm. Successful percutaneous thrombin injection for treatment of an enlarging right superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm."
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