[Surgery of extracranial aneurysms of the carotid and vertebral arteries].

An analysis of the literature and personal observations of 27 patients with extracranial aneurysms of the arteries enabled the authors to determine clinical symptoms, methods of diagnosis and surgical treatment of the disease. Resection of the aneurysm with suturing the artery defect is recommended as optimal techniques of the operation for posttraumatic aneurysms, resection with the end-to-end anastomosis being proposed for a true aneurysm of the aorta arch branches.