A manual of operative surgery / By Lewis A. Stimson.

  • Lewis Atterbury Stimson
Date:
1885
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Credit: A manual of operative surgery / By Lewis A. Stimson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the vessel, wliicli can be seen and felt through it. Isolate the artery, and pass the needle from within outward so as to avoid the nerve. LIGATURE OF THE COMMON CAROTID. The place of election for ligature of the common carotid is just above the omo-hjoid muscle, but the lesion which renders the ligature necessary may require it to be applied at a much lower point. The vessel has been tied successfully at a point one-eighth of an inch from its origin at the bifur- cation of the innominata. The steps necessary to place a ligature upon the common carotid in the first part of its course are the same as for Fig. 45. Ligature of the common carotid at the place of election. ligature of the first portion of the subclavian or of the inno- minata {q. v.). After the vessel has been exposed, the internal jugular is ])ressed to the outer side, the artery denuded, and the needle passed from the side of the vein. At the F J ace of Eh'rtion.—The bifurcation of the com- mon carotid is on a line with the upper border of the thy-
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