Palla Ákos szerk.: Az Országos Orvostörténeti Könyvtár közleményei 13. (Budapest, 1959)

Dr. I. CSILLAG and Dr. H. JELLINEK: From primitive Haemostatic Methods to Modern Vascular Surgery

the early 20eth century and the first experimenter in this field was Carrel. Exner declared in 1903 that the transplantation of vessels must remain unsuccessful because the transplanted vessel, having no blood supply, would partially or completely necrotize. First Carrel's work was not acknowledged and his method of transplantation refused until 1907, when some other researchers repeated his expriments, verified his truth and Carrel's method has become widely known and accessible for anybody. Stick put down in 1909 the following possibilities for the transplantation of vessels: 1. Autoplastic transplantation by a) transplanting own artery and b) transplanting own vein 2. Homoplastic transplantation a) the transplantation of a fresh artery from similar animal species (for instance from dog into dog) b) the transplantation of fresh arteries from an animal of the same species but after death, c) the transplantation of conserved arterial segments of similar animal species, 3. Heteroplastic transplantation, that is, the transplantation of either fresh or conserved arteries or veins between individuals belonging to different species (for instance from cat into dog). 4. Alloplastic transplantation, or the application of foreign materials to supplement blood vessels. Autoplasty. Beside repairing injured vessels from the patient's own arteries and veins, recent studies have been conducted with other substances as well; autoplastic transplantation, namely, needs the salification of another own vessel whith may involve extra danger for the woundeel. So it was tried to substitute the injured segment of the vascular wall with other, not indispensable tissues or organs. KiUtner opplied the aponeu-