. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . are also employed to make pressure upon this region,and will often prove of use in the securing of compressesapplied for the temporary retention of hernise. Spica Bandage of Buttock. Roller Two and, a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the bandageis placed upon the back of the thigh just below the glutealfold, and is carried around the thigh and brought back tothe posterior aspect of the limb so as to fix and cross thestarting turn near the middle
. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . are also employed to make pressure upon this region,and will often prove of use in the securing of compressesapplied for the temporary retention of hernise. Spica Bandage of Buttock. Roller Two and, a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the bandageis placed upon the back of the thigh just below the glutealfold, and is carried around the thigh and brought back tothe posterior aspect of the limb so as to fix and cross thestarting turn near the middle of the thigh. It is nextconducted obliquely across the thigh and buttocks andcarried to the rim of the pelvis of the opposite side, when 76 REGIONAL BANDAGES. it is brought obliquely over the abdomen and back to theposterior surface of the thigh. There ascending turns areapplied, each turn covering in about three-fourths of thepreceding one, until the buttock is covered, and the ban-dage is then finished by one or two circular turns aroundthe pelvis and abdomen. (Fig. 65.) Fig. Spica bandage of buttock. Use.—This bandage is employed to hold dressings tothe upper posterior portion of the thigh, or the buttock. , Figure-of-eight Bandage of the Knee. Roller Two and a Half Inches in Width, Five Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the roller isplaced upon the thigh three inches above the patella andsecured by two or three circular turns; then conduct thebandage over the outer condyle of the femur across thepopliteal space to the inner border of the tibia and around FIGURE-OF-EIGHT BANDAGE OF KNEE. 77 the anterior surface below the tubercle and head of thefibula, and make one circular turn ; the roller should thenbe carried obliquely across the popliteal space to the innercondyle of the femur, crossing the previous turn; thencarry it around the front of the thigh to the outer condyle ;repeat these turns, ascending toward the knee from theleg and descend
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