Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.

CHAPTER I

REPAIR

Introduction--Process of repair--Healing by primary union--Granulation tissue--Cicatricial tissue--Modifications of process of repair--Repair in individual tissues--Transplantation or grafting of tissues--Conditions--Sources of grafts--Grafting of individual tissues--Methods.

INTRODUCTION

To prolong human life and to alleviate suffering are th...