[Microsurgical operations on the nerves].

Employment of microsurgical methods in operations on nerves seems to be essential and inevitable, but it is delayed due to defects in the appropriate apparatus. Microphotography of cross sections of the nerve is absolutely necessary for the well-grounded prognosis and estimation of the results of treatment. The degree of freshening of nerve endings gained during surgery is mostly conditioned by the gravity and extent of intratruncal changes in the nerve. A precise passing of sutures through the epineurium and the corresponding juxtaposition of bundles, especially in joining fine nerves, is most reliably provided by operations with the use of an operative microscope.