[Delayed surgical treatment of traumatic injury of the thoracic aorta].

Two cases of traumatic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta associated with blunt chest trauma are described. We underwent the operation for the aorta at 23 days in case 1 and 39 days in case 2 after the injury. Immediate repair may be thought to be the first choice for acute traumatic injury of the thoracic aorta, but delayed surgery can be achieved more safely in the patients, especially with associated injury.