title: Surgical treatment of a dissecting aneurysm of the proper hepatic artery: report of a case.
abstract: Primary dissecting aneurysms of the hepatic artery are extremely rare and only 15 cases, including the present case, have been reported in the literature. Surgery was performed in 5 cases, of which 3 cases were successfully treated. This report presents a case of a dissecting aneurysm of the proper hepatic artery that was successfully treated by aneurysmorraphy and vein patch angioplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Eniwa Midorino Clinic, Eniwa, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayasu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishibe
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishibe
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dardik
authors.forename: Katustoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogino
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome