[Modified technic of puncture and catheterization of the femoral vessels in children and its effect on blood circulation to the extremities].

A modified technique of puncture and catheterization of the femoral vessels in children and a detailed description of the stages of the examination are presented. An analysis of 350 angiographies with the use of the modified puncture and catheterization technique in children aged from 1 month to 15 years was carried out. Technical errors were noted in 16 children (4.3%) and complications in 3 (0.85%). The presented observations prove that the given modification of the catheterization technique is not a very traumatic one and allows to avoid many undesirable complications which may arise especially at the stage of mastering the described method.