A case of right subclavian aneurism of the third portion, cured by the ligation of the first portion and later of the axillary.

Date:
1898
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Credit: A case of right subclavian aneurism of the third portion, cured by the ligation of the first portion and later of the axillary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    entirely. About two months after the operation the patient returned home. This is the first and only case in which the first portion of the subclavian has been successfully ligated. It is also the first and only one which escaped the usual fatal hem- orrhage. This was undoubtedly due to the fact that the coats of the artery had not been ruptured and to successful asepsis. The operator at the end of his relation of the case remarks: “ For any one who is interested in the history of the operative treatment of aneurisms of the third portion of the subclavian artery, there is a very interesting article by Dr. Edmond Souchon, in the Annals of Surgery of 1895, Yol. II, pages 545 and 743. Here also the treatment in the future is foreshad- owed.”