An abdominal aortic rupture due to seatbelt blunt injury: report of a case.

A 66-year-old man, who was a passenger in a car involved in a low-speed head-on motor vehicle accident, was rushed to our hospital. His abdomen was tender and distended. An enhanced computed tomography scan showed a massive retroperitoneal hematoma, and its three-dimensional imaging revealed an active leak of the contrast medium from the aortic bifurcation.

Infrainguinal bypass surgery for chronic arterial occlusive disease associated with essential thrombocythemia: report of a case.

A 63-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a 3-year history of intermittent claudication, and his angiogram showed a total occlusion of the bilateral infrainguinal arteries. In addition, based on a platelet count of 172 x 10(4)/mm(3) as well as the characteristic bone marrow findings, he was diagnosed to have essential thrombocythemia. After the platelet count and aggregation response improved on administration of ranimustine and antiplatelet agents, infrainguinal bypass surgery was performed using the saphenous vein and prosthetic grafts.

Surgical treatment of celiac artery aneurysm: in situ aortoceliac artery reanastomosis: a case report.

The authors present a rare case of celiac artery aneurysm treated by aneurysmectomy and vascular reconstruction, and they review the past literature. A 57-year-old man was referred to their hospital with a complaint of epigastric discomfort. Abdominal echography, 3-dimensional computed tomography, and selective angiography showed a sole celiac artery aneurysm.

Surgical treatment for acute ischemia caused by bilateral popliteal artery entrapment syndrome in an elderly patient: report of a case.

We report the unusual case of a 73-year-old man who underwent surgery for bilateral popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES). A medial approach was used to operate on the left leg, and the vein bypass was made from the superficial femoral artery to the crural artery through a subfascial route. A posterior approach was used to operate on the right leg and it was found that the mid-popliteal artery passed medial to and beneath the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle and was severely compressed by an accessory slip of muscle.