Modern surgery, general and operative . nd the bone directly backward. Bell amputates by a long an-terior semilunar flap and a short posterior flap. In amputations in the uppertwo-thirds of the thigh the best plan is to mark out equal anterior and posterior I4i8 Amputations semilunar skin-flaps, divide the skin with a scalpel, enter the long knife at oneangle of the anterior flap, bring it out at the other angle, and cut the musclesby transfixion. Cut the posterior flap in the same manner. Some surgeonsprefer a long anterior semilunar flap and a short posterior semilunar flap. Thepure circular
Modern surgery, general and operative . nd the bone directly backward. Bell amputates by a long an-terior semilunar flap and a short posterior flap. In amputations in the uppertwo-thirds of the thigh the best plan is to mark out equal anterior and posterior I4i8 Amputations semilunar skin-flaps, divide the skin with a scalpel, enter the long knife at oneangle of the anterior flap, bring it out at the other angle, and cut the musclesby transfixion. Cut the posterior flap in the same manner. Some surgeonsprefer a long anterior semilunar flap and a short posterior semilunar flap. Thepure circular amputation is not adapted to the thigh. Disarticulation At the Hip-joint.—Various methods have been employed toprevent or limit hemorrhage during this formidable operation. Abernethyused digital compression of the external iliac artery or of the femoral is an extremely tiresome procedure;the finger is liable to slip; and, in anycase, compression so situated fails tointercept the blood-current in a numberof large
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