To a question about the history of surgical treatment of peripheral nerves injuries

Abstract

The article is devoted to the history of the methods of surgical treatment of the peripheral nerve injuries. The analysis of domestic and foreign publications on this question has shown the basic surgical operations used today for nerve’s repair were developed and introduced by surgeons - innovators in second half of 19th century. These operations had unequal popularity in a different historical period. The subsequent generations of surgeons basically have improved earlier invented surgical procedures.

Keywords

• повреждения периферических нервов
• хирургическое лечение
• история медицины
• injury of peripheral nerves
• surgical treatment
• history of medicine