 ... will not take place. Also by closing the external wound the chances of a general emphysema taking place are vastly increased, a complication which is annoying and may be serious. In cases where a drainage-tube is inserted into the pleural cavity and...  Transactions of the Academy of Surgery - Page 146by Philadelphia Academy of Surgery - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Hobart Amory Hare - 1900 - 438 pages
...risk of having this mass of blood-clot infected through the open bronchus and changing a hfemothorax into a pyothorax. This risk is a very serious one,...well as by the pressure exerted by the pneumothorax, aiid at the same time the presence of the air favors clotting in the severed vessels." In his limited... | |
 | Hobart Amory Hare - 1901 - 446 pages
...drainage-tube is inserted into the pleural cavity and free drainage established the pleura is rapidly filled with air and the muscles of respiration are...the lung, allowing the lung to contract by its own clastic tissue as well as by the pressure exerted by the pneumothorax, and at the same time the presence... | |
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