Humans ; Aneurysm, False/etiology* ; Heart Aneurysm/complications* ; Heart Ventricles/surgery*

Humans ; Aneurysm, False/etiology* ; Heart Aneurysm/complications* ; Heart Ventricles/surgery*

Aneurysm, False/complications* ; Atrial Appendage ; Fistula/complications* ; Heart Aneurysm/complications* ; Humans ; Mitral Valve

Aged ; Aneurysm, False ; complications ; Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic ; complications ; Aortic Diseases ; etiology ; Esophageal Fistula ; etiology ; Humans ; Male

Background: Trauma is responsible for about 30% of surgical admissions in Port Moresby. Vascular injuries are frequently missed due to inadequate assessment by primary health care workers and often present late with large aneurysms which are difficult to manage. The aim of this study was to identify the patterns of morbidity associated with traumatic false aneurysms complicating vascular injuries in Port Moresby General Hospital from January 1995 to July 1999. Methods: A surgical database with 11,004 records was used to identify patients with a diagnosis of false aneurysm. Charts of patients with gunshot wounds, knife wounds and compound fractures were also reviewed to identify further cases with vascular injury. Results: 51 patients were found to have had documented evidence of vascular injury requiring surgical repair within the study period. 21 patients with traumatic false aneurysm presented to Port Moresby General Hospital. 17 of the 21 patients were aged 11 to 40 years. There was only one female patient. Stab wounds (50%) were the commonest mode of injury followed by lacerations (23%) and fish bites (14%). The calf (42%), forearm (13%) and the head (13%) were the commonest sites involved. The time from insult to admission varied from 4 days to 11 years with the modal time being 14 days. Most patients presented with hard signs of false aneurysms (94%) and 81% of the patients were treated within five days. Ligation (67%) was the commonest operation, followed by excision (43%) and vascular repair (19%). There were no deaths or amputations in any of the patients with false aneurysms. Conclusion: False aneurysms are a not infrequent complication of vascular injuries. Greater awareness of the possibility of vascular injury is needed. Patients in Port Moresby often present after considerable delay. However, the diagnosis can be made clinically and the results of surgical exploration are good. Although colour Doppler ultrasound is a useful investigation it sometimes fails to identify the aneurysm because it requires blood flow to be present in the aneurysm.
Aneurysm, False - epidemiology ; Aneurysm, False - etiology ; Aneurysm, False - surgery ; Papua New Guinea - epidemiology ; Retrospective Studies ; Wounds and Injuries - complications ; Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology

The rupture of a popliteal artery aneurysm is very rare, and can lead to serious complications if untreated. Any reports of a huge pseudoaneurysm, following rupture of the popliteal artery aneurysm could not be found in a review of the literature. A pulsatile huge mass leading to a deep venous thrombosis, was observed in a 74 years old male patient who for 2 months had had a progressively swollen and painful left leg. On angiographic evaluation, the mass was found to be a pseudoaneurysm originating from a ruptured true aneurysm of the popliteal artery. There was also a small true aneurysm in the contralateral extremity at the same localization. Both the false, and true aneurysms were resected surgically and arterial continuity was established with a synthetic polytetrafluoroethylene graft.
Aged ; Aneurysm/*complications/surgery ; Aneurysm, False/*complications/surgery ; Aneurysm, Ruptured/*complications/surgery ; Blood Vessel Prosthesis ; Human ; Male ; Polytetrafluoroethylene ; *Popliteal Artery/surgery

False aneurysm of the femoral artery is a rare complication of intertrochanteric fracture. Most of these situations are due to iatrogenic trauma or the trauma itself and are rarely caused by dislocated bone fragments. Here we report a case of a 72-year-old man who presented acutely with a pseudoaneurysm of the superficial femoral artery from the spike of a lesser trochanter fragment. Percutaneous endovascular treatment of the pseudoaneurysm with a covered stent was undertaken on an urgent basis. Five days later, the patient was operated upon and the lesser trochanter fragment was excised through an anterior incision and the intertrochanteric fracture was fixed using dynamic hip screws. The fracture was united at 10 weeks. At one-year's follow-up, there were no graft-related complications. This case illustrates that an intertrochanteric fracture with a displaced lesser trochanter fragment can present acutely with bleeding and a pseudoaneurysm of the femoral artery.
Aged ; Aneurysm, False ; etiology ; surgery ; Femoral Artery ; Hip Fractures ; complications ; surgery ; Humans ; Male

With the promotion of standard radical resection of gastric cancer, the incidence of postoperative pseudoaneurysm is significantly increasing. Both the patient's own factors and iatrogenic factors are accoutable. Surgeons should clarify the causes of pseudoaneurysm, pay attention to the clinical symptoms and signs, and treat the patients appropriately. In order to avoid the occurrence of postoperative pseudoaneurysm, surgeons should carefully evaluate the preoperative conditions, perform precision operation and reduce the morbidity of postoperative infection and fistula.
Aneurysm, False ; prevention & control ; Gastrectomy ; Humans ; Incidence ; Morbidity ; Postoperative Complications ; prevention & control ; Stomach Neoplasms ; surgery

Aneurysm, False ; therapy ; Child ; Embolization, Therapeutic ; methods ; Hepatic Artery ; Humans ; Male ; Situs Inversus ; complications

Adult ; Aneurysm, False ; etiology ; Arteriovenous Fistula ; etiology ; Biopsy ; adverse effects ; Humans ; Kidney ; surgery ; Male ; Postoperative Complications