Cyst of fibula (serous) : excision of upper half of fibula / by George Buchanan ; reported by Anstruther Davidson.

  • Buchanan, George, 1827-1906.
Date:
[1882]
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Credit: Cyst of fibula (serous) : excision of upper half of fibula / by George Buchanan ; reported by Anstruther Davidson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    fth February.—After a consultation, it was agreed, as the tumour was considered to be malignant, to amputate the limb through the knee-joint, and patient was put under chloroform; but Professor Buchanan, prior to doing this, cut down on the tumour on its outer side to make certain of its nature. Cut- ting through the skin, a bony shell was laid bare, through which, when the knife was plunged, a dark coloured serous fluid spurted out with considerable force. Passing the fore- finger through the opening thus made, he found that the bone was expanded to a mere shell without any solid contents, anc suspecting it to be a simple cyst, he prolonged the incision tor nine inches on the outer side over the fibula. The tumoui was then carefully dissected out, the shaft of the bone being divided by bone forceps one-and-a-half inches below tne termination of the tumour. It was raised up and dissected from the structures behind, and disarticulated. The musculo-