Comparison of suture methods and materials in experimental inferior alveolar nerve grafting.

Currently, peripheral nerve defects are being treated successfully by microsurgical techniques using autogenous nerve transplantations and synthetic suture materials. This paper describes the influence of various suture methods and materials on nerve repair as experimentally evaluated in rabbits. The results show that the action potentials of the nerves anastomosed with polyglycolic acid sutures recovered faster than those anastomosed with nylon.