This report describes a case of traumatic aneurysm of the perforating peroneal artery following open reduction and internal fixation of an ankle fracture.

Objective: Retrospective evaluation of long term results after direct suture repair of chronic traumatic aneurysm of the aortic isthmus. Methods: From March 1979 to June 1998, a total of 19 patients with chronic traumatic aneurysm of the aortic isthmus were operated on, among whom 12 (63%) underwent direct suture. These 12 patients (age ranging from 19 to 68 years; mean 34.2 years) constitute t...

usually occur at the aortic isthmus. Typically, the patient is relatively young, free of diffuse vascular disease and the aneurysm arises frorn a linear, transverse disruption of the intima and media, with no significant loss by dissection of adjacent normal vessel. The basic therapeutic challenge, therefore, simply consists of the necessity of restoring continuity of normal aortic wall after t...

Three cases of left ventricular aneurysm secondary to external violence are reported. Each patient presented with a pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle, following penetrating trauma in two instances and blunt trauma in the third instance. The interval between injury and diagnosis ranged from 5 months to 24 years. Two patients underwent successful resection of the aneurysm. Repair was not attem...

A 48-year-old man presented with a traumatic arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in the left popliteal space, due to a bullet injury 20 years back. A computed tomographic (CT) angiography revealed an AVF in the left popliteal space with an associated large iliac vein aneurysm (9.2 x 9.0 cms). Primary repair of the AVF was done. A Doppler scan showed marked reduction in the size of the aneurysm, 4 month...