Canine and feline surgery .. . n the usual way on the median lineor flank according to the position of the obstruction, and theoffending portion of intestine sought for and withdrawn, being 1 Veterinary Record, Vol. X., p. 327. Mayalls Veterinary Record, Vol. XII., p. 110. 98 CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY. pulled through a hole in a cloth which has been carefullysoaked in warm antiseptic and packed around with antisepticlint or wadding. The contents of the bowel are forced backby pressure with the fingers and thumb for about 6 inchesabove and below the diseased part and clamped. Spec
Canine and feline surgery .. . n the usual way on the median lineor flank according to the position of the obstruction, and theoffending portion of intestine sought for and withdrawn, being 1 Veterinary Record, Vol. X., p. 327. Mayalls Veterinary Record, Vol. XII., p. 110. 98 CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY. pulled through a hole in a cloth which has been carefullysoaked in warm antiseptic and packed around with antisepticlint or wadding. The contents of the bowel are forced backby pressure with the fingers and thumb for about 6 inchesabove and below the diseased part and clamped. Specialinstruments are designed for the purpose; they can be im-provised by fixing pieces of rubber tubing around the gut, cr(Dr Maunsells suggestion) by safety pins padded with spongeor wadding. The branches of the mesenteric artery supplying the regionto be excised are taken up with artery forceps and ligatured,the bowel being cut through with scissors held at right anglesto its lumen. The lumen is then swabbed out as far as the. Fig. . button. clamps with wadding soaked in some fluid antiseptic. Thetwo serous surfaces are brought into contact by interruptedsutures of Lemberts pattern inserted about a fifth of an inchfrom the edge and a sixth or an eighth of an inch apart, par-ticular care being taken not to penetrate the mucous coat ofthe bowel. A very fine round needle and silk No. O or OOshould be used. Of the various mechanical devices for facilitating the anasto-mosis of the divided ends of the intestine after enterectom)^,the metallic button invented by Murphy of Chicago is probablythe one which has attracted the most notice amongst surgeonsduring the past few years. The advantages claimed by DrMurphy are that : (i) the button dispenses with the need ofsutures ; (2) the possibility of non-apposition is prevented ; ENTERECTOMY. 99 (3) the danger of sloughing is avoided ; (4) the too rapiddigestion of the catgut sutures is prevented ; (5) the operationbeing more rap
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