Heart and blood

Plastics for Health

In 1966 a very interesting operation was performed by the surgeons of Moscow Traumatology [`tro:mə`tolədzI] Institute.

The patient was an 18-year-old girl. She had the paralysis of the leg muscles. The patient was examined by the surgeons and then the operation was performed.
During the operation the muscles from her spine and abdomen were transplanted to the thigh. These transplanted muscles were connected by bands of special plastic – lavsan.
This is not the first time when plastics were used to restore health. For example, lavsan bands were also used if the patient had some defects in the spinal column. Special threads were introduced into the diseased spinal column and the surgeons could examine the condition of the patient by X-rays.


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