1. THE HEALING OF ARTERIES AFTER DIFFERENT METHODS OF LIGATION: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
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HORSLEY, J. S.
- Abstract
Ligation of arteries has received a great deal of study since the time of Ambroise Paré. The healing of arteries after ligation in continuity was admirably described in 1886 by Warren.1 In 1922, Leriche2 of Lyons gave a very complete report of the remote results of ligations and resections of arteries from the functional point of view. The work of both these authors has been largely substantiated and confirmed in this study, which, however, is primarily concerned with a search for the best method of ligating a large artery so as to produce a permanent occlusion of the arterial channel.The problem suggested itself to me a few years ago on hearing a verbal report of a patient with an aneurysm of the innominate artery who bled to death at a second operation after the innominate artery had previously been ligated. An attempt to open the aneurysm led
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- 1925
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