A NEW METHOD OF SUTURING BLOODVESSELS

Suturing blood-vessels is an eminently practical field of surgery, and its chief usefulness will probably be found in repair of accidental wounds of the vessels, in restoring the continuity of an artery or a vein after removing a portion of it when it is involved in a malignant growth, and in transfusion of blood. Aneurysms arising from any form of arteritis can hardly be dealt with successfully by the method of suturing applicable in a trauma of a healthy vessel, because satisfactory union requires a healthy intima. Aside from aneurysms, however, there should be many cases in the service of every general surgeon, and particularly those who do emergency surgery, in which the operator can employ blood-vessel suturing to great advantage.The method of suturing blood-vessels generally used is that of Carrel. Transferring the guy sutures after suturing each third of the vessel, the likelihood of their becoming tangled, the