[Traumatic aneurysms]

Analysis of 37 surgical treated patients suffered from traumatic arterial aneurysms and fistulas is done. 27 aneurysms and 10 fistulas is presented. Restoration of continuity of damaged artery was performed in 26 patients and ligation was done in 11 patients. Good long term results were obtained in 29 patients (78.38 per cent), satisfactory in 4 patients and unsatisfactory in four, too. The authors advocate early surgery and method of restoration applied because of they give the best functional results. Ligation of vessel is method of necessity. No mortality and no amputation was in presented serie.