Virginia medical monthly . Fig. 2. Sutures are being inserted to plicate thegastro colic omentum and to bring the colon up tothe stomach. These are interrupted sutures ofeither linen or silk and eight or ten are inserted. Fig 3. Sutures have been tied and the transverse colon has been broughtup snugly along the greater curvature of the stomach and is so sus-pended by taking a reef in its natural ligament, the gastro-colic Fig. 4. Roentgenogram of the valve made after resection of cecum and ascend-ing colon taken forty-one days after operation. At the point indicated by thearrow is t
Virginia medical monthly . Fig. 2. Sutures are being inserted to plicate thegastro colic omentum and to bring the colon up tothe stomach. These are interrupted sutures ofeither linen or silk and eight or ten are inserted. Fig 3. Sutures have been tied and the transverse colon has been broughtup snugly along the greater curvature of the stomach and is so sus-pended by taking a reef in its natural ligament, the gastro-colic Fig. 4. Roentgenogram of the valve made after resection of cecum and ascend-ing colon taken forty-one days after operation. At the point indicated by thearrow is the valve which was formed by the operation. The valve was sub-jected to the pressure of three quarts of barium enema yet it appearsentirely competent. 1920.] VIRGINIA MEDICAL MONTHLY. 249 I liave done thirty-five operations for intes-tinal stasis. In this latter group there havebeen no deaths, and if the total number ofone hundred and nine cases is taken, the deathrate of the whole group is 2% per cent. Inthese thirty-five cases no systematic effort hasbeen made to obtain ultimate results, as mostof these patients have been operated upon toorecently. The type of operation, however, in the sec-ond group of cases was somewhat changed,chiefly as the result of experience gainedfrom operations on the first group. In thislast group of thirty-five cases there were threeresections of the cecum and ascending colon,two ceco-sigmoidost
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