The practice of surgery . heatli andpart of nerve; C, sutures through sheath,reinforced by relaxation suture throughentire nerve (Bickham). Fig. 451.—Neuroplasty—imionby sphtting both ends of nerve anduniting split ends end to end (Bick-ham). apposition, that there be no strain upon the retaining sutures. Wemust endeavor to avoid damage to nerve-fibers when passing oursutures. Frequently several strands of the finest .silk passed throughthe nerve-sheath will answer our purpose, or it may be necessary to passdeeply through the nerve itself one or two sutures of chromicizedcatgut. It often appea


The practice of surgery . heatli andpart of nerve; C, sutures through sheath,reinforced by relaxation suture throughentire nerve (Bickham). Fig. 451.—Neuroplasty—imionby sphtting both ends of nerve anduniting split ends end to end (Bick-ham). apposition, that there be no strain upon the retaining sutures. Wemust endeavor to avoid damage to nerve-fibers when passing oursutures. Frequently several strands of the finest .silk passed throughthe nerve-sheath will answer our purpose, or it may be necessary to passdeeply through the nerve itself one or two sutures of chromicizedcatgut. It often appears, however, especially in the case of nerves nippedin bone fractures, that a ready approximation of the divided ends isimpossible. We must then endeavor in some fashion to bridge the has been for many years a favorite method of joiningthe remote nerve-ends. This method has not infrequently failed, per-haps because the time elapsed since the injury was too long to permit, OPERATIONS UPON THE NERVES 709.


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