Journal Article Funicular suture and funicular exclusion in the repair of severed nerves Get access Sydney Sunderland Sydney Sunderland Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Melbourne, Australia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar British Journal of Surgery, Volume 40, Issue 164, May 1953, Pages 580–587, https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.18004016412 Published: 05 December 2005
The blood supply of the larger peripheral nerves in man has been described in considerable detail in two prevous publications (Sunderland1). The purpose of the present communication is to outline briefly certain refinements of operative technic which are suggested by the anatomic study of the arrangement and distribution of the arteriae nervorum and which may prove of value in effecting improvements in surgical procedures carried out on peripheral nerves. The reader is referred to the previous two papers for details concerning the general and topographic features of the blood supply of the individual peripheral nerves. It has been demonstrated that in certain regions along its course a nerve is often securely and intimately attached to an adjacent arterial channel by short nutrient arteries. Examples are provided by the ulnar nerve in the condylar groove and in the distal two thirds of the forearm; by the sciatic nerve, which is
S ummary .1. An abnormality of the hind end of the body in a female is described. 2. The various theories relating' to the development of this region and their relative values in explaining the malformations found, are discussed. 3 The suggestion is put forward that fusion of the Müllerian ducts is responsible for the separation of the hind gut from the ventral cloaca, and that further development of the hind end is associated with changes occurring in the distal ends of those ducts. The grounds on which such a suggestion is based are, firstly the conditions found in this specimen, and, secondly, its value in solving certain of the problems connected with the malformations recorded.