The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . removed by breaking downadhesions with the finger, or by the division of a few remaining soft partswith the bistoury or scissors. Care should be taken to leave the wholeof the soft palate Fig. 586.—Line of Incision in Excision ofthe Upper Jaw by External Flap. LANaENBECKs OSTEOPLASTIC SECTION. 471 Should haemorrhage occur from any of the deeper vessels, this mustbe arrested by ligature, or by the application of the actual strips of dry lint, having a thread attached by vvlii


The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . removed by breaking downadhesions with the finger, or by the division of a few remaining soft partswith the bistoury or scissors. Care should be taken to leave the wholeof the soft palate Fig. 586.—Line of Incision in Excision ofthe Upper Jaw by External Flap. LANaENBECKs OSTEOPLASTIC SECTION. 471 Should haemorrhage occur from any of the deeper vessels, this mustbe arrested by ligature, or by the application of the actual strips of dry lint, having a thread attached by vvliicli they can beremoved when necessary, should then be pressed into the deeper part ofthe wound, and the cheek-flap laid down in proper position. It must beretained in situ by iiare-lip pins through the upper lip, and bj metallicsutures along the other lines of incision. However much the skin mayhave been stretched and thinned, none should be removed unless it havebeen actually incorporated in or infiltrated by the tumor. After cica-trisation is complete, the deformity resulting from such a procedure willbe far less than might at first be anticipated. Results Tlie result of operations for the removal of tlie upper jaw is xery satisfactory, so far as the operation itself is concerned. T


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