Endovascular Treatment of Post-Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Pseudoaneurysms

Specialised high-tech medical care for patients with injuries to the thoracic aorta has a significant advantage in the structure of combat injuries. These severe and life-threatening injuries require immediate diagnosis and stabilization of the patient's condition. The main cause of death on the battlefield has always been and remains damage to blood vessels with bleeding. In the modern world, with the increasing frequency of local wars and military conflicts, the number of combat mine-explosive and bullet wounds has increased, which changes the clinical picture of injuries: with a small entrance hole, the damage affects more than one anatomical area and structure, becoming combined and multiple. Wound healing is also longer, which is associated not only with infection, but also with changes distant from the wound at the molecular level as a result of the high-energy impact of the wounding projectile.