[Traumatic aneurysms of the thoracic aorta]

Under observation were 12 patients with traumatic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta, 11 of them were operated on. Diagnostic thoracotomy had been performed in the past in 4 patients. In 50% of the patients the course of the disease was asymptomatic. Resection of the aneurysm with alloplastic prosthesis under conditions of superficial hypothermia was performed in all of the patients. The average time of compression of the aorta for the period of reconstruction of the aneurysm was 40.1 min. One lethal outcome took place. There were no paraplegia, no complications of the operative and postoperative period.