Excision of the knee joint with report of twenty-eight cases . y believe that occasionally oper-ations have altogether failed, or have been but partially success-ful, through the lack of handiness on the part of the operator. It must be admitted in excision of the knee joint that thewound in the soft parts is badly placed, and does not favor thehealing process. There is danger of lodgment of pus, this, how-ever, can always be prevented by careful attention and properdrainage, and should pus form or become pent up, it must be letout without delay. In planning the operation the angles ought to b
Excision of the knee joint with report of twenty-eight cases . y believe that occasionally oper-ations have altogether failed, or have been but partially success-ful, through the lack of handiness on the part of the operator. It must be admitted in excision of the knee joint that thewound in the soft parts is badly placed, and does not favor thehealing process. There is danger of lodgment of pus, this, how-ever, can always be prevented by careful attention and properdrainage, and should pus form or become pent up, it must be letout without delay. In planning the operation the angles ought to be carriedsufficiently far back to secure depending openings on both sidesof the wound, there are no structures of importance to come inthe way ; but as a matter of precaution strict attention should bepaid to the subsequent dressing of the wound, and should anypus form, or have a tendency to burrow, free exit should beafforded. Sir William Fergusson draws attention to this danger, andadvises the surgeon to open abscesses and slit up sinuses when they Case
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