DISORDERS OF PERIPHERAL NERVES

Painful disorders of peripheral nerves.

Introduction The classical description of painful sequelae to peripheral nerve injury is that by Weir-Mitchell in his book Injuries of Nerves and their Consequences. This was published in 1872 and related to experience gained during the American Civil War. Later, in 1900, Sudeck described an acute atrophy of bone, associated with swelling, pain and loss of function. A variety of terms are appli...

Surgical disorders of the peripheral nerves

SURGICAL DISORDERS OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES By Sir Herbert Seddon. (Pp. 336; illustrated; £12.00.) Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh. 1975. A second edition in three years is sufficient testimony to the value of this outstanding book which is an essential work of reference for all who have to deal with peripheral nerve injuries. The revision includes more modern methods of electrodiagnosis but o...

Injuries to Peripheral Nerves

the proximal to the distal segment. These cells may be formed by the breaking up of the myelon sheath, and it is asserted by some of the exponents of centrifugal regeneration that it is by means of these newly-organized myelon fragments that a chemical attraction is created which enables the new axons to find their way into the partly obliterated distal cord. All this doubt and speculation make...

Introduction of a New Suture Method in Repair of Peripheral Nerves Injured with a Sharp Mechanism

  Background: The standard method for repair of an injured peripheal nerve is epineural repair with separate sutures. Herein we describe a method in which the nerve is sutured with continous sutures. In fact this method has not been utilized for nerve repair previously and our purpose was to compare it to the standard method. If it proved to be successful it would replace the standard method in...

War Injuries of Peripheral Nerves.