Operative surgery / C.R. Whittaker.

  • Whittaker, Charles R. (Charles Richard)
Date:
[1919]
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Credit: Operative surgery / C.R. Whittaker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fi closely related to the medial side of the artery. Pass the needle towards the lateral side, tying the vessel with chromic gut. RADIAL. Extent.—In the forearm, the artery extends from the neck of the radius to the styloid process of that bone. Linzt.—From the centre of the antecubital fossa to a point just medial to the radial styloid. Sites or Ligature.—A. Upper third of forearm. &. Middle third of forearm. C. Lower third of forearm. InpicaTions.—(a) Local hemorrhage. (6) Traumatic aneurysm. Describe Ligature of the Upper Third. Make an incision two inches long in the line of the artery. Steps. (i) Divide the skin and fascia, and identify the interval between the supinator longus (brachio-radialis) and the pronator radii teres ; separate these muscles. (1i) Clear the artery, and pass the needle from either side. The radial nerve is not an immediate relation. Describe Ligature of the Middle Third. Make an incision two inches long in the line of the artery. Steps. (i) Divide the skin and fascie, and seek the space ; between the supinator longus (brachio- radialis), and the flexor carpi radialis ; separate these muscles. (1) Clear the artery, and pass the needle from the radial side, as the radial nerve is in close contact with the lateral aspect of the vessel, Describe Ligature of the Lower Third. Make an incision two inches long in the line of the artery.