[Subclavian artery aneurysms: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapeutic decision-making].

The article deals with the relevant literature data concerning diagnosis and treatment of subclavian artery aneurysms. This nosological entity is relatively uncommon, however its importance for modern medicine should not be underestimated. Despite a low incidence of the pathology, it should be understood that the disease's course for the patient is associated with the development of severe complications which may lead to disability or even death.

[Surgical treatment of carotid artery aneurism].

Surgical treatment of 36 patients with aneurisms of common and internal carotid arteries was analyzed. 34 patients had reconstructive operations, whereas the rest 2 had ligative operations. One patient died postoperatively of the acute cerebrovascular insufficiency.

[Surgical treatment of patients with upper- and lower-limb arterial aneurysms].

From 1968 to 2005, a total of 161 patients presenting with upper- and lower-limb arterial aneurysms were treated at the Federal Facility Russian Scientific Centre of Surgery named after Academician B. V. Petrovskii under the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.

[Surgical treatment of an aneurysm of the superficial femoral artery 40 years after an injury: a case report].

Presented herein is a case report of a male patient with a posttraumatic aneurysm revealed 40 years after an injury. The presence of a foreign body in the lumen of the artery for such a long time had had no manifestations and was detected by ultrasonographic duplex scanning. The patient was subjected to resection of the aneurysm of the superficial femoral artery on the right lower limb with prosthetic repair performed by a reversed autovein.