A technique for the difficult peripheral arterial aneurysm

Complete external control of the vessels feeding some aneurysms may be very difficult and occasionally only achieved at the cost of damage to surrounding structures. A method is described in which Foley catheters are introduced into the feeding vessels from within the aneurysm and then cut distal to their clamped side branch to enable Dacron grafts to be passed over them and sutured in place. This technique has been used in 3 patients with very satisfactory results and is offered as an alternative when standard control is hazardous, or impossible.