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David S. Sumner, MD; D. E. Strandness, Jr., MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1967;94(3):360-362.

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FALSE aneurysms developed at suture lines are serious complications of reconstructive vascular surgery in which prosthetic materials have been used to bypass areas of arterial obstruction. The exact frequency of this problem is unknown, but Stoney et al¹ reported a 23.7% incidence of false aneurysms occurring at the common femoral or popliteal anastomosis. In the cases reported to date, the aneurysms have invariably developed in patients with patent grafts. In fact, Smith and Szilagyi² suggest that thrombosis of the graft may effect a spontaneous cure of the problem. The purpose of this report is to present three cases in which false aneurysms developed two to five years after the prosthetic graft occluded and to discuss the possible etiology of the anastomotic dissolution.

Report of Cases

CASE 1.

—In April 1959, this 62-year-old man was admitted to the hospital complaining of intermittent claudication in the left calf. On May . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Seattle

From the Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, and the Third University Surgical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Seattle.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov 28, 1966.

Reprint requests to Surgical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, 4435 Beacon Ave S, Seattle 98108 (Dr. Sumner).

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