title: A nerve approximating device.
abstract: A nerve approximating clamp designed to approximate and stabilize small nerves during microneurorrhaphy is demonstrated. Negligible injury is induced by the clamp following direct nerve puncture experimentally, and a more accurate and easily performed microneurorrhaphy can be done. Because the nerve can be held in a coapted position without sutures using the clamp, nonsuture techniques of repair using biodegradable adhesives may become possible.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000601:surgery*; D051381:Rats; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000592:standards*; D014855:Wallerian Degeneration