title: Operative management of a persistent sciatic artery aneurysm.
abstract: A 60-year-old man with a painful pulsatile mass approximately 8 cm in diameter in the right buttock was diagnosed using angiography as having a complete unilateral persistent sciatic artery aneurysm. The lesion was obliterated by proximal and distal ligation of the sciatic artery at the pelvis and the adductor magnus canal. A femoropopliteal bypass was performed with inverted autologous saphenous vein. The residual mass was subsequently drained because of persistent symptoms. Postoperative recovery was good.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Reina Sofía Hospital, Cordoba University, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calleja
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: García Jiménez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Concha
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000098:blood supply