PLASMA CLOT SUTURE of
PERIPHERAL NERVES AND NERVE ROOTS

RATIONALE AND TECHNIQUE

Extensive laboratory in-
vestigations resulted in
the excellent suture methods described in this new book for neurologists,
surgeons, and especially neurosurgeons. This information on the tech-
nique of *suturing nerves and cable grafts by plasma clots* is made
graphic by ample instructive illustrations. The results of plasma clot
suture of plasma suture of peripheral nerves in human cases compare
so favorably with those obtained with the classical thread suture method
as to warrant adoption of the technique by the qualified surgeon.

By I. M. TARLOV, M.D., Associate Professor of
Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, New
York City.

A special authority in this field gives an accurate evaluation of plasma clot suturing of nerve roots which is so new that experience with it thus far is confined chiefly to experiments on monkeys. These experiments indicate that successful regeneration of nerve roots of the cauda equina through nerve grafts does occur. It seems imperative, therefore, to advocate application of this reparative procedure to the problem of paralysis resulting from severance of the cauda equina nerve roots.

CHAPTER COVERAGE

• The Need For an Improved Nerve Suture
Technique

* The Basis for Selecting the Most Suitable Type of Plasma for Nerve Suture

• Preparation of Nerve Stumps for Suture

* Necessity for Using a Mold to Suture
Nerves with Clot

• Tantalum Wire Tension Sutures Combined with Plasma Clot

* Suture of Nerve Stumps by Plasma Clot

• Suture of Nerve Grafts

* Suture of Cauda Equina Nerve Roots

* The Place of the Plasma Clot Suture in the Repertory of the Neurosurgeon

CHARLES C THOMAS • PUBLISHER • SPRINGFIELD • ILLINOIS

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RATIONALE AND TECHNIQUE

CHAPTER COVERAGE

* The Need For an Improved Nerve Suture Technique

* Preparation of Nerve Stumps for Suture

* Tantalum Wire Tension Sutures Combined with Plasma Clot

* Suture of Nerve Grafts

CHARLES C THOMAS PUBLISHER SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS

CM