Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . ern rifle when it is discharged atcontact or near by. Hickson1 reports eleven cases of amputation out offorty injuries to the ankle-joint in the Boer War. The operation, asa rule, was rendered necessary on account of septic conditions associ-ated with comminuted fractures. Shell wounds figured in five of thecases and three of these were done on the field, but reamputation wasnecessary later on, from which the reporter lays emphasis upon themistake which is often made of performing primary amputations atthe front. S
Gunshot injuries : how they are inflicted : their complications and treatment . ern rifle when it is discharged atcontact or near by. Hickson1 reports eleven cases of amputation out offorty injuries to the ankle-joint in the Boer War. The operation, asa rule, was rendered necessary on account of septic conditions associ-ated with comminuted fractures. Shell wounds figured in five of thecases and three of these were done on the field, but reamputation wasnecessary later on, from which the reporter lays emphasis upon themistake which is often made of performing primary amputations atthe front. Secondary amputation will be indicated when infection hasthwarted attempts at conservation. The limb will have to be sacri-ficed at a point marked by sound tissues. 1 Op. cit. CHAPTER XII Gunshot Injuries of the Diaphyses of the Long Bones The military surgeon is especially interested in gunshots of thediaphyses on account of their frequency, their varied character, thedifficulties which they offer in transport, and finally, because theyalways figure among the serious
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