YASAR, TINCI, IFURTUN, KOZGEN, G2024-04-242024-04-2419930042-2835https://doi.org/10.1177/153857449302700302https://hdl.handle.net/11468/18163From 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 localization 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 anastomosis, in 45% saphenous venous interposition, in 10% ligation, in 8.3% lateral suture, and in 3.3% artificial grafting were done as a surgical management. Primary amputation was done in 1.7% of the patients; 93.3% of all the patients have recovered, and only 1 patient died (1.7%).eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess[No Keyword]Article273172175WOS:A1993KV392000022-s2.0-002741607310.1177/153857449302700302N/AN/A