. Postoperative treatment; an epitome of the general management of postoperative care and treatment of surgical cases as practised by prominent American and European surgeons. Fig. 50. Fig. 51. (Binnie, after Esmarch and Kowalzig.) Fig. 52. across the lip. One end of this dressing is then fastened to the cheekwith collodion, and, when it is dry, the two cheeks are pushed forwardand held in this position while the other end is fixed with collodion tothe other cheek and held in position until it is quite dry; in this way alltension is avoided. If the nostril is unduly small after the stitches ar
. Postoperative treatment; an epitome of the general management of postoperative care and treatment of surgical cases as practised by prominent American and European surgeons. Fig. 50. Fig. 51. (Binnie, after Esmarch and Kowalzig.) Fig. 52. across the lip. One end of this dressing is then fastened to the cheekwith collodion, and, when it is dry, the two cheeks are pushed forwardand held in this position while the other end is fixed with collodion tothe other cheek and held in position until it is quite dry; in this way alltension is avoided. If the nostril is unduly small after the stitches areput in, it is well to put a small drainage-tube in it to leave breathing 168 POSTOPERATIVE TREATMENT. space; fatal cases are recorded from the valve-like action of the upperlip combined with the blocking of the nostrils by clot obstructing thebreathing. In time the nostrils will become quite patent. (Treves.)After-treatment.—The stitches can usually be removed at the endof a week; in fact, the horsehair and catgut sutures may be removedin two or three days, the deeper silkworm-gut stitches being left for aweek or more. After the operation the child should be entirel
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