War surgery of the faceA treatise on plastic restoration after facial injury by John BRoberts ..Prepared at the suggestion of the subsection on plastic and oral surgery connected with the office of the surgeon generalIllustrated with 256 figures . ction. Atrained ophthalmologist should be given charge of all thesespecial eye conditions. The changes in the fundus of the eye associated with warnephritis, a better name than trench nephritis, do not comewithin the domain of surgery. These cases have been found tobe generally associated with exposure and strain; sometimesthe result is prolonged gen
War surgery of the faceA treatise on plastic restoration after facial injury by John BRoberts ..Prepared at the suggestion of the subsection on plastic and oral surgery connected with the office of the surgeon generalIllustrated with 256 figures . ction. Atrained ophthalmologist should be given charge of all thesespecial eye conditions. The changes in the fundus of the eye associated with warnephritis, a better name than trench nephritis, do not comewithin the domain of surgery. These cases have been found tobe generally associated with exposure and strain; sometimesthe result is prolonged general deterioration of health. Patchesof exudation, small hemorrhages, retinal congestion and pulsat- IOO WAR SURGERY OF THE FACE. ing veins and evidences of nerve involvement are of great im-portance to the ophthalmologist. The albuminuria and retinalchanges are due to an acute congestion; this is more probablyallied to the acute retinitis of pregnancy, scarlet fever, and acuteuremia than to the retinitis of chronic nephritis associated withpermanent changes in the retinal vessels and the tissues. Concussion in the occipital region may give rise to hemianopsiadue to brain injury in the cortex near the posterior end of thecalcarine Fie. 60.— Method of plugging nose, for bleeding,with disks of sponge threaded on a ligature. (From Robertss Modern Surgery.) NASAL COMPLICATIONS OF INJURIES OF THE FACE. Wounds of the nose with or without fracture of the frameworkoften give rise to partial or complete destruction of the externalorgan. Cicatricial occlusion of the nares and fibrous distortionsdemand skillful application of the principles of reparative sur-gery. Rhinoplasty in its various degrees must be called intoplay to make such patients presentable. As a rule, the averageindividual would prefer a fairly successful plastic restoration toa prosthetic appliance even of a highly artistic character. Thegreat cost of metal or wax reproductions of facial organs and ASSOCIATED
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