Annals of surgery . atorychanges about the intestinal tract. The appendix was normal inappearance, with no adhesions. The ileum when released presentedon its upper half a deep groove, almost a cut into or through theperitoneal coat; a suture or two closed this groove (Fig. 2). Thegas passed into the former collapsed portion of the ileum, re-lieving the great distention above. The intestine seemed viableand the abdominal wound was closed without drainage: at theend of four days, however, a fistula was formed, and fecal-smell-ing fluid escaped for a few days, when the wound closed spontan-eously
Annals of surgery . atorychanges about the intestinal tract. The appendix was normal inappearance, with no adhesions. The ileum when released presentedon its upper half a deep groove, almost a cut into or through theperitoneal coat; a suture or two closed this groove (Fig. 2). Thegas passed into the former collapsed portion of the ileum, re-lieving the great distention above. The intestine seemed viableand the abdominal wound was closed without drainage: at theend of four days, however, a fistula was formed, and fecal-smell-ing fluid escaped for a few days, when the wound closed spontan-eously and the patient went home, about the twenty-fifth dayafter operation. The diverticulum was ample in size, short—less than oneinch long—and had a short mesentery. The band was ligatedat end of diverticulum, and was not more than two inches longto its point of penetration of the mesentery of the ileum. Dr. A. E. Halstead has ably reviewed the modus operandiof obstruction from this cause, reported in the Annals of.
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