Todd Parker tucking operation.

Date:
1932
  • Film

About this work

Description

Shows steps of the operation, which is a procedure to tighten or strengthen the eye muscle. Incision in Bulbar conjunctiva. Picking up and blunt dissection of tendon. Preparation of aponeurosis for better adhesion. Use of tucker. Suture with catgut. Closure of conjunctiva. Ends with a review of the operation.

Publication/Creation

United States, 1932.

Physical description

1 film reel (10 min.) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm

Contributors

Duration

00:10:00

Copyright note

British Medical Association

Terms of use

Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales

Language note

In English.

Creator/production credits

Produced by Frank Claveloux Parker and Wills Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

Notes

Title from opening credits.
"This film is from the B.M.A. Film Library"--From opening credits.

Contents

Segment 1 A small incision is made in the conjunctiva (membrane that covers the white of the eye) and enlarged. A hook is inserted and a tendon is picked up. Muscle and tendon are dissected with scissors. A tucker (type of surgical instrument) is inserted beneath the tendon and opened, creating a 'tuck'. A suture needle is passed through the centre of the tuck. The needle is removed, leaving the thread in two strands. The two strands are each tied about a half of the tuck. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:04:45:01 Length: 00:04:45:01
Segment 2 The tuck is shown after it is tied. The conjunctiva is closed with sutures. The operation is shown again, this time without intertitles, as a review of the procedure. Time start: 00:04:45:01 Time end: 00:09:23:08 Length: 00:04:38:07

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