The metabolic response to neonatal surgery. By Peter Paul Rickham, M.S., D.C.H., F.R.C.S., Consultant Pædiatric Surgeon, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, and Alder Hay Children's Hospital, Liverpool. 10 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. Pp. 93 + x. 1957. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. (London: Oxford University Press.) 40s
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1957
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
This book gives an excellent account of the various synthetic fabrics and other artificial substances which have been carefully investigated as to their use for replacement of diseased or damaged arteries. Professor Edwards favours a crimped nylon tubular graft for the following reasons : It is easily sutured; it is permeable to fibroblastic penetration and non-porous enough to allow significant blood-loss ; it is flexible yet non-collapsible, so that the tendency to kinking is prevented; it has a low incidence of thrombosis, even in small vessels, and it can be used either as a replacement graft or as a by-pass graft.
An excellent monograph which will be much in demand.
The Metabolic Response to Neonatal Surgery.