Surgical treatment of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the brachiocephalic artery; report of a case

Traumatic injury to the great vessels may be one of the highly lethal states. In many of these cases, the lesion was confirmed at the aortic isthmus. We report a case of successful surgical treatment of the traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the brachiocephalic artery. Pre-operative 3-dimension computed tomography (CT) showed an aneurysm at the left dorsal of the artery. At surgery, the proximal portion of the brachiocephalic artery, the right common cartid artery and the right subclavian artery were clamped with the simple extracorporeal shunting between the aortic arch and the distal of the right common cartid artery for maintaining the blood flow to the brain. A longitudinal dissection was found at the left dorsal position when the aneurysm was opened. The aneurysm was removed and interposed using an artificial vessel. After surgery, no neurologic complication or aftereffects were revealed, and the cerebral infarction due to the procedure was not detected by the brain CT.