Abstract:From 1977 through 1990, 60 patients who had traumatic pseudoaneurysms underwent surgical treatment at Dicle University, School of Medicine, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department; 65% of the aneurysms were localized at lower extremities and 35% at upper extremities. The most frequent localiza tion was 40% at the superficial femoral artery. Etiology of the trauma was as follows: 67% shotgun injuries, 25% penetrating instrument injuries, 5% blunt trauma, and 3% iatrogenic. In 31.7% end-to-end anastomosi… Show more
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