Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . om the suture-track. B shows the removal of thesuture, elevated and cut below the crust. C shows the direction in which it is tobe pulled out. (Kelly). there is any tendency to separation of the edges of thewound it will be well to apply an additional strip aboutsix centimetres (two and a half inches) in width overthe surface, the whole dressing being kept in place withcotton and the many-tailed bandage. Dr. Halsted pre-fers to


Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . om the suture-track. B shows the removal of thesuture, elevated and cut below the crust. C shows the direction in which it is tobe pulled out. (Kelly). there is any tendency to separation of the edges of thewound it will be well to apply an additional strip aboutsix centimetres (two and a half inches) in width overthe surface, the whole dressing being kept in place withcotton and the many-tailed bandage. Dr. Halsted pre-fers to dress the wound of an abdominal section withstrips of sterile gutta-percha tissue or leaflets of silver-foil, which are applied immediately along the lineof incision, thus protecting the granulations whichform; he believes that the removal of ordinary dress- 176 ASEPTIC SURGICAL TECHNIQUE. ings into which the granulations have grown is veryinjurious to the wound. In his dressings no powdersor celloidin are applied, but pieces of dry sterilizedgauze and cotton are placed over the protective, thewhole being held in place by an abdominal bandage. Fig. 33. Fig.


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