Operative surgery . How to do it. How not to do it. Fig. 137.—Tension while sewing. Fig. of sutures. main in situ is governed by the liability to ulceration and disfigurement thatthey may cause, the gaping of the wound, and the nature of the suturematerial. In exposed parts of the body sutures should be removed before THE TREATMENT OF OPERATION-WOUNDS. 101 marked irritation is observed, to avoid disfigurement. In such eases addi-tional means of support can be employed, such as adhesive strips, renewedsuturing, collodion, etc. The adhesive strips should be made as nearlyantiseptic a
Operative surgery . How to do it. How not to do it. Fig. 137.—Tension while sewing. Fig. of sutures. main in situ is governed by the liability to ulceration and disfigurement thatthey may cause, the gaping of the wound, and the nature of the suturematerial. In exposed parts of the body sutures should be removed before THE TREATMENT OF OPERATION-WOUNDS. 101 marked irritation is observed, to avoid disfigurement. In such eases addi-tional means of support can be employed, such as adhesive strips, renewedsuturing, collodion, etc. The adhesive strips should be made as nearlyantiseptic as practicable by innnersing them in a hot solution of corrosivesublimate (1 to 500) just before they are applied. The Management of Dead Spaces.—Dead spaces are vacant cavities ex-isting between wounded tissues, the result of removal of connected portions,or of the separation of these tissues. Dead spaces may be occluded by theapproximation of their boundaries through the agency of the buried or thedeep through-
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