title: [Surgical treatment of peripheral arterial aneurysms: a report of 35 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the treatment strategies of peripheral arterial aneurysms.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-five cases were reviewed from July 1998 to December 2007, and 28 cases were male, 7 cases were female. Eleven cases were popliteal artery aneurysms, 15 cases were femoral artery aneurysms, 4 cases were extracranial carotid aneurysms and 5 cases were subclavian artery aneurysms. All cases had either open procedures or endovascular procedures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Surgical open procedures were performed on 24 cases, and endovascular procedures were performed on 11 cases. The perioperative complication rate were 16.7% (4/24) and 0% for open and endovascular groups respectively. The average follow-up time was 41 months (7 months to 8 years). The accumulative five year patency were 61% and 48% for surgical grafts and stent grafts respectively. Two cases died of diseases and one had stroke during follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical open repair is still standard procedure for most peripheral arterial aneurysms and endovascular repair may have its own advantage for high risk patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, People Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Xiao-ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Tai
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Xiao-hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Hong-peng
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guo-hua
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fa-qi
authors.initials: FQ
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies