Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig. 691.—Comparison of old (a) and new ih) Murphybuttons. Enterectomv 1109 button does not pass in four weeks, examine the rectum for it. The situa-tion of the button can be ascertained by the x--rays. An objection to the but-ton is that it introduces a foreign body which must pass per rectum to completethe operation successfully. It may not pass, but trouble does not of necessityfollow. In some cases its retention does lead to trouble, and intestinal obstruc-. Fig. 692.—^The segmented ring of Harrington and Gould. tion ensues. If the caliber of the but
Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig. 691.—Comparison of old (a) and new ih) Murphybuttons. Enterectomv 1109 button does not pass in four weeks, examine the rectum for it. The situa-tion of the button can be ascertained by the x--rays. An objection to the but-ton is that it introduces a foreign body which must pass per rectum to completethe operation successfully. It may not pass, but trouble does not of necessityfollow. In some cases its retention does lead to trouble, and intestinal obstruc-. Fig. 692.—^The segmented ring of Harrington and Gould. tion ensues. If the caliber of the button blocks before dislodgment, obstructionfollows, hence the rule to give saline purgatives the day after the surgeons have sought to make a button which would come apartand be absorbed after it had accomplished its purpose. One of these appli-ances is Franks coupler, which is made of bone, the compression being
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