A memoir on the advantages and practicability of dividing the stricture in strangulated hernia, on the outside of the sac / by C. Aston Key.

  • Key, C. Aston (Charles Aston), 1793-1849.
Date:
1833
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Credit: A memoir on the advantages and practicability of dividing the stricture in strangulated hernia, on the outside of the sac / by C. Aston Key. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and to be able to touch the intestine itself, the better to return indurated faecal matters, and even foreign bodies, should there be any. Now, these three cases are those of which I make an exception; in all others, which constitute by far the greater number, why open the sac ? There is nothing to in- dicate the necessity of doing so ; it is even highly advantageous to avoid this operation, because the parts are not exposed to the air; the surgeon does not run the risk of wounding them in opening the sac; and, moreover, I shall elsewhere show, that, as regards the consequences, it is more advan- tageous that the sac should not have suf- fered any solution of continuity. From all this I draw this inference, that it is better to disengage the ring on the outside of, than within the sac. The little consideration bestowed upon this method of opei'ating by surgeons in the middle of the last century is explained by their ignorance of its advantages, and yet is surprising, considering the futile nature of the objections made to it, all of which G