BLOODLESS OPERATIONS.

Bloodless Operations with Illustrative Cases

a matter under observation liovv far this system can be safely used in all cases of disease and injury to which it is applicable. While, on the one hand, in most cases, the loss of a few ounces of blood may be of little eonsequence, there may be danger from septic matter being forced into the circulation, and it has also been remarked that there is a greater tendency to sloughing of flaps after...

Bloodless Medicine and Surgery

Bloodless Pelvic Fracture Surgery

Vertebral compression fractures are the most common fractures associated with osteoporosis. Approximately 700,000 osteoporosis-related vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) occur each year in the U.S. Currently, treatment is focused primarily on prevention. When fractures occur in patients with osteoporosis, treatment options are limited to bed rest and pain medications because open surgery w...

Ultrasonic glossectomy--simple and bloodless.

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was the evaluation of the feasibility of glossectomy using an ultrasonic-activated surgical instrument. METHODS This was a prospective study of 13 consecutive patients who underwent glossectomy (12 partial and one total) for carcinoma of tongue with the use of ultrasonic scissors. RESULTS All 13 patients had glossectomy, with median blood loss of 0 mL. The gl...

Bloodless treatment of infants with haemolytic disease.