A "Pull-Out" Technique for ``Cut down" Operations.
Date
1977-06
Authors
Worson, L.
Sharma, B. C.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Medical Journal of Zambia.
Abstract
lt is a common experience that some patients continue to attend outpatient departments with their cut-down wounds long after their primary disease is cured. This is so because a cut-down is done usually in an emergency situation with poor aseptic rituals. More often than not the patient is in shock and in urgent need of fluids but his peripheral veins are collapsed. It is often found that the ligature used to tie off the vein is responsible for the persistence of infection. When it is removed and an associated abscess (if any) drained cure results. A new simple technique has been devised and described here for cut-down operations which overcomes the problem.
Description
Cut-down wounds done usually in an emergency situation with poor aseptic rituals.
Keywords
Wound Healing , Emergency Service, Hospital , Pull out techinique, wounds
Citation
Worson, L. and Sharma, B. C. (1977). A "Pull-Out" Technique for ``Cut down" Operations. Medical Journal of Zambia. Vol. 11, 6