Traumatic arteriovenous fistulas are mostly occur as a result of penetrating injuries and sometimes iatrojenic causes.

Surgical treatment was performed on 5 traumatic arteriovenous fistula cases between the dates December 1988 and April 1994. Ali patients were male ages ranged between 14 to 53. Etiology was stubing and penetrating wound in 3, gun shunt wound in l and as a result of lumbar laminectomy in 1. Time interval after trauma was ranged between l months and 41 years. Arteriovenous fistulas were found in the localization of abdominal right carotis artery-juguler vein in l, aorta-inferior vena cava in l, left femoral artery-vein in l and left popliteal artery-vein in 1. Arterial graft interposition in 3, arterial end to end anastomozis in l and primary repair of artery in l and vein in 4, venous end to end anastomozis in l were used for the closure of the arteriovenous fistulas.

By presenting 5 arteriovenous fistula cases occurence of arteriovenous fistula is being acentuated and must be remembered after gun shut wound, stubing and penetrating wound, lumbar laminectomy and arterial catheterization and the results of surgical treatment has been reported.