This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... the anterior wall of the sphenoidal sinus. This wall with the portion of the lateral and superior wall upon which the cavernous sinus rests is next removed and the sinus opened with a knife and blunt dissector. The external wound is closed and after-treatment may be carried out through the nose. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... the anterior wall of the sphenoidal sinus. This wall with the portion of the lateral and superior wall upon which the cavernous sinus rests is next removed and the sinus opened with a knife and blunt dissector. The external wound is closed and after-treatment may be carried out through the nose. bangworthy has also reached the cavernous sinus by means of a strong curette having a mark on the shank 3%, inches from the tip. The curette is passed back through the nose to the posterior pharyngeal wall and then withdrawn in contact with the floor of the sphenoidal sinus. Just above the juncture of the anterior wall and floor of the sphenoid the curette is forced through the anterior wall upward and backward through the roof and into the cavernous sinus, where it joins the circular sinus. He proposes to prepare for ligation of the carotid in case of injury to that artery by passing a ligature around it in the neck and leaving it untied. These operations have been carried out upon the cadaver successfully and the latter upon a patient who had been dead an hour from cavernous sinus thrombosis. The curette reached the sinus accurately and by rotating it the opening was easily enlarged and when withdrawn the curette contained pus. The sinus opening was confirmed by removing the skull cap and brain and opening the sinus from above, when pus was seen draining into the sphenoid through the curette wound. Luc, according to Langworthy, has suggested reaching the sinus at the angle obtained by opening the antrum of the opposite side and so passing obliquely through the sphenoid of the same side into the cavernous sinus. The operations, while presenting the probability of injury to the optic nerve and carotid artery, offer some hope of relief to a...
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