Collagen plug-based devices, suture-mediated devices, and clip-based devices all achieve faster ambulation than manual compression alone but carry device-specific complication profiles (e.g., plug embolization, suture-related infection) and have specific contraindications (e.g., avoid in a calcified or small-caliber vessel for some plug-based devices, or in groin infection).
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