. The principles and practice of surgery. methods of treatment. The discovery may be saidto date from about the year 1842. Most of the cases hitherto reported as treated by this method wereaneurisms of the lower extremities, especially popliteal aneurisms. Ishall therefore explain the mode of applying mechanical pressure in acase of aneurism of the lower extremities. The reader will find nodifficulty in modifying the plan of procedure to suit other examples. The compressor employed in these cases differs from the ordinarytourniquet in not being allowed to press upon the entire circumferenceof
. The principles and practice of surgery. methods of treatment. The discovery may be saidto date from about the year 1842. Most of the cases hitherto reported as treated by this method wereaneurisms of the lower extremities, especially popliteal aneurisms. Ishall therefore explain the mode of applying mechanical pressure in acase of aneurism of the lower extremities. The reader will find nodifficulty in modifying the plan of procedure to suit other examples. The compressor employed in these cases differs from the ordinarytourniquet in not being allowed to press upon the entire circumferenceof the limb; and in the construction or duplication of the pads andscrews, so that the direction, point, and force of the pressure may be 214 ANEUKISM. varied at discretion and easily. Carte employs an instrument in whichelastic bands are substituted for screws. In some cases surgeons havepreferred to employ two compressors at the same time, applied at dif-ferent points in the course of the artery, in order that by their alternate Fig. Fig. 52.
Size: 1486px × 1681px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectg, booksubjectsurgery
