ABSTRACT
In a manner similar to the performance of open surgery, wound complications present a low-level but constant problem. These complications are not usually threatening but they may add substantially to the morbidity of the procedure. Obtaining hemostasis after a percutaneous intervention has the same importance as surgical wound closure. Percutaneous closure devices are not covered in this text. These have been touted as the solution to postintervention hemostasis. Although these devices may yet improve further, infected pseudoaneurysms, ischemic limbs, and limb loss have been reported and closure devices should be introduced into clinical practice cautiously.
