. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . reatment of inguinal herniain infants, and is made froman ordinary skein of worsted,one part of which is made topass around the body justabove the iliac crests, the other joins this in front andbehind, forming a perineal band. The knot made by thetwo bands in front should be directly over the inguinalring (Fig. 161). Trusses for Inguinal Hernia.—In measuring a patientfor this form of truss, the circumference of the body mid-way between the crest of the ilium and the great trochan-ter should be taken, and the distance from the symphysispubis
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . reatment of inguinal herniain infants, and is made froman ordinary skein of worsted,one part of which is made topass around the body justabove the iliac crests, the other joins this in front andbehind, forming a perineal band. The knot made by thetwo bands in front should be directly over the inguinalring (Fig. 161). Trusses for Inguinal Hernia.—In measuring a patientfor this form of truss, the circumference of the body mid-way between the crest of the ilium and the great trochan-ter should be taken, and the distance from the symphysispubis to the anterior superior spinous process of the iliummay also be given, as half of this distance corresponds tothe position of the internal abdominal ring. In reducibleinguinal hernia the truss-pressure should be exerted uponthe inguinal canal and directly backward. To control thisvariety of hernia, a single-spring truss (Fig. 162) may beemployed, or the use of a truss having a double springwith flat pads on each side of the spine attached to the. Worsted truss. i^Beewek.) TR USSES. 209 springs, and a smaller pad over the inguinal canal on theunaffected side, with a full pad on the side of the hernia,will often be efficient. This, which is known as Hoodstruss, is one which will be found a very satisfactory in-strument, both in inguinal and femoral hernia (Fig. 163). Fig. 162. Fig. 163.
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