Nonoperative management of a traumatic peroneal artery false aneurysm.
The standard approach to management of traumatic false aneurysms is operative. This report describes successful treatment of a traumatic peroneal artery aneurysm following a gunshot wound in a 29-year-old man by an intraluminal steel coil occlusion technique. The coil was guided through the popliteal artery and aneurysm into the distal peroneal artery via a percutaneously placed catheter: following disengagement of the coil the outflow tract of the aneurysm was occluded, and another passed and released into the proximal peroneal artery occluded the inflow tract.
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D001158:Arteries; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*