Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig- 575-—Malgaignes opera-tion for harelip. Fig. 576.—Miraults operationfor single harelip (Esmarch). Fig- 577-—Incisions for double hare-lip (Esmarch and Kowalzig). main sutures are passed through the thickness of the lip, and are tied and cutoff. Two or three fine silk or catgut sutures are passed by a curved needlethrough the vermilion border of the lip and the mucous membrane of themouth, and are tied and cut off. A small piece of gauze is placed over the lipand is held in place by straps of rubber plaster. After operation prevent thechild crying by
Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig- 575-—Malgaignes opera-tion for harelip. Fig. 576.—Miraults operationfor single harelip (Esmarch). Fig- 577-—Incisions for double hare-lip (Esmarch and Kowalzig). main sutures are passed through the thickness of the lip, and are tied and cutoff. Two or three fine silk or catgut sutures are passed by a curved needlethrough the vermilion border of the lip and the mucous membrane of themouth, and are tied and cut off. A small piece of gauze is placed over the lipand is held in place by straps of rubber plaster. After operation prevent thechild crying by feeding it often and giving it small doses of laudanum. Heathorders 2 drops of laudanum in i oz. of distilled water, a teaspoonful to begiven every two or three hours. About the sixth day one-half the sutures aretaken out, and on the eighth or ninth day the remaining ones are many cases no further procedure is necessary, but if after some weeks theprominence at the lip border does not shrink, it can be readily clippeS
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