Degenerative and regenerative processes in the peripheral nerve after disconnection and reanastomosis using the Neodym Yag laser.

The development of neuroma after peripheral nerve surgery is still an unsolved problem. Such lesions are not yet controllable by conventional methods. Reports of results achieved using various types of laser surgery appear contradictory. In this experimental study on rats, the Neodym Yag laser was found to be superior the conventional methods. After severance and reanastomosis of the sciatic nerve using this type of laser, no development of neuroma was observed in any of the animals during the first three months of observation.

[The effect of various surgical technics on neuroma development using the neodymium laser]. / Der Einfluss verschiedener Operationstechniken auf die Neurom-Entstehung unter Anwendung des Neodym-Yag-Lasers.

The development of neuroma after surgery of peripheral nerves is an unsolved problem. Conventional methods like suture after cutting by seizure or bipolar coagulation cannot control it until today. Contradict results are reported since different types of laser were introduced in surgery. In an animal experimental study on rats the Neodym Yag laser is superior to conventional methods described above. After severance and reanastomosis of the sciatic nerve by laser in none of these cases a development of neuroma could be observed until three months of surviving.