. An analytical compendium of the various branches of medical science, for the use and examination of students. Anatomy; Physiology; Surgery; Obstetrics; Medicine; Materia Medica. AMPUTATION AT THE HIP JOINT. 107 ration are the injuries to vessels and nerves, by transfixion and oblique division. AMPUTATION AT THE HIP JOINT. This operation is rarely necessary, and is always severe and dan- gerous ; it should never be performed for disease of the joint. The patient is to be placed on a table, with his pelvis projecting from the edge. The artery is compressed by an assistant, who must be ready to
. An analytical compendium of the various branches of medical science, for the use and examination of students. Anatomy; Physiology; Surgery; Obstetrics; Medicine; Materia Medica. AMPUTATION AT THE HIP JOINT. 107 ration are the injuries to vessels and nerves, by transfixion and oblique division. AMPUTATION AT THE HIP JOINT. This operation is rarely necessary, and is always severe and dan- gerous ; it should never be performed for disease of the joint. The patient is to be placed on a table, with his pelvis projecting from the edge. The artery is compressed by an assistant, who must be ready to thrust his fingers in the wound formed during the formation Fig. of the anterior flap, so that he can grasp the end of the vessel, as soon as it is cut. The knife is entered about middle way between the trochanter major and the anterior superior spinous process of the ilium. By cutting downwards, the anterior flap is formed. The head of the bone is then disarticulated, and the blade of the knife being then placed behind the bone, is carried downwards and backwards, so as to form a posterior flap; the vessels are to be rapidly secured, and the flap managed as in all other flap operations. By some the formation of a lateral flap is preferred. Very often the selection of the flap will depend upon the character of the wound which may render the operation necessary. AMPUTATION OF THE LEG. The length of the stump will, in some measure, depend upon the kind of artificial limb to be used. If the patient is to rest upon his knee, the stump should be short, in order,to be bent at right angles. Circular method.—The tourniquet having been applied, the in- teguments are to be divided, dissected up, and turned back for two inches; the muscles are to be divided, down to the bone, by a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble t
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