The ligation of the larger arteries in their continuity : an experimental inquiry / by Charles A. Ballance and Walter Edmunds.

  • Ballance, Charles Alfred, Sir, 1856-1936.
Date:
1886
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    LIGATION OF THE LAEQER AETERIES IN THEIE CONTINUITY. AN EXPERIMENTAL INQUIRY. BT CHAELES A. BALLANCE, M.S., F.E.C.S. AND WALTEE EDMUNDS, M.C., F.E.C.S. Received January 12th—Read May 11th, 1886. I.—Object of Paper. The object of this communication is to show that, in tlie ligature of a large artery in its continuity, it is neither necessary nor advisable to tie the ligature so tightly as to rupture the coats of the vessel; and, further, to demon- strate that a small round ligature possessed of certain qualities and used with the least possible disturbance of the sheath of the vessel is the best for the purpose. With reference to the occlusion of the smaller arteries, such as the radial, and to the ligature of the cut ends of arteries large or small in an amputation stump, we are not now concerned. In the former case such vessels do not require any special precautions or methods in order to ensure their safe obliteration, and in the latter the question must be looked at from a different point of view.