Operative surgery (1899) (14776879231)

Subhyoid pharyngotomy
Identifier: operativesurgery02brya (find matches)
Title: Operative surgery
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Bryant, Joseph D. (Joseph Decatur), 1845-1914
Subjects: Surgery, Operative Surgery, Operative
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons



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atient. A preliminary tra-cheotomy should beperformed if unduehaemorrhage is an-ticipated, as in the ex-tirpation of a vasculargrowth, supplemented,perhaps, by plugging thetrachea in urgent in-stances. The Trendelen-burg posture will atifordgreat advantage. Intubation of the Larynx.—Boicchut, of Paris, conceived the idea, andODwyer, of New York, by indefatigable and patient labor achieved the imper-ishable distinction of establishing its utility upon an enduring basis. For-eign bodies in the larynx and diseased processes contiguous to it, causingobstructive dyspna?a, are, as a rule, better treated by tracheotomy than byintubation. Chronic stenosis of the larynx from tubercle, syphilis, and otherchronic states of an inflammatory nature can be promptly and often effec-tually treated by intubation. However, the chief importance of the measurerests in affording prompt relief in impending suffocation from membranousobstruction (Fig. 1277). The following is a description of the apparatus:
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