Ligation of the saphenous vein at two points, one above and the other below the distended ligamentous capsule, is an old operation, which has undoubtedly given good results in some cases, although it does not seem to be a rational procedure.
Warren has extirpated one lobe of the thyroid after preliminary ligation of the common carotid on the same side.
Ehrlich, Ficker, Klein, Rodforffer, and the Ephemerides, all record instances in which a large tongue was removed either by ligation or amputation.
Possibly the boldest operation in the history of surgery is that for ligation of the abdominal aorta for inguinal aneurysm.
Lewtas reports a case of ligation of the innominate and carotid arteries for traumatic aneurysm (likely a hematoma due to a gunshot injury of the subclavian artery).
One of the most common occurrences after the ligation of piles is retention of urine, generally lasting for a day or two and requiring the use of the catheter.
The only treatment is their removal, and the safest method is by ligation of the pedicle, and either cutting off the growth in advance of the knot or returning it into the bowel.
Muller by ligation of the portal vein, Pavy by ligation of arteries supplying the stomach, likewise produced hemorrhages and ulcers.
It has been performed both with knife and with scissors, the cut surfaces being united with sutures after ligation or torsion of the bleeding vessels.
Should any polypi be found, their removal by ligation or by the knife is an essential element of success in the operation; retention of urine is not infrequent after operations upon fissure.
In the neck, it is liable to be divided or ligated in the course of operations for the removal of malignant or tuberculous glands, for goitre, or for ligation of the common carotid.
They may be treated by excision, after division and ligation of the larger vessels entering the swelling; or the dilated vessels may be cut across at several points and both ends ligated.
Ligation of the main afferent vessels, or of the external or common carotid, has been followed by recurrence, owing to the free anastomatic circulation in the scalp.
At the level of the cricoid cartilage the omo-hyoid crosses the carotid artery--a point of importance in connection withligation of that vessel.
It is also liable to be divided in wounds of the submaxillary region--for example, in cut throat, or during the operation for ligation of the lingual artery, or the removal of diseased lymph glands.
Ligation of the internal carotid in the neck or of the common carotid is the only feasible treatment.
Ligation of the common carotids, one some weeks after the other, has been successful in restoring the balance which normally exists between the secretion and absorption of the cerebro-spinal fluid (H.
Proximal ligation in the case of high aneurysms, or distal ligation in those situated at the root of the neck, is more certain.
The choice of operation lies between ligation of the femoral artery in Hunter's canal, and Matas' operation of aneurysmo-arteriorrhaphy.
Extirpation of the sac is the operation of choice, but, if this is impracticable, ligation of the third part of the subclavian may be had recourse to.
In some cases ligation of the afferent vessels has been successful.
Any of the methods already described is available for their treatment--the choice lying between Matas' operation and ligation of the external iliac.
Ligation of the hypogastric (internal iliac) by the trans-peritoneal route is the most satisfactory method of treatment.
The treatment is that applicable to all wounds, with, in addition, the ligationof the lacerated vessels.
State if you know if any such ligation would cause swelling by retention of blood in the spleen, liver, kidneys or other organs of the abdomen and pelvis?
The ligation will shut off the blood supply to the fetus, and thus indirectly, permissively, the fetus must be unavoidably allowed to die.
This interruption may be a severing of each vas, a cutting out of a part of each vas, or a ligation of the vasa.
Moreover, if vasectomy has been done by mere cutting without considerable resection, and especially if the vasa have been shut by ligation alone, no one can be certain that the occlusion is either certain or permanent.
Ligation is the most useful method of arresting hemorrhage, since it disturbs healing least and gives the greatest security against secondary hemorrhage.
Ligation is the third method for stopping a hemorrhage.
This is caused by a bruise or wound of a nerve or by strangulation in a ligature when the nerve is included in the ligation of an artery.
The silk should be sterilized by placing it in an antiseptic solution so as not to impede the healing process or cause blood poisoning or lockjaw, which often follows the ligation of a vein with unsterilized material.
The aneurism was cured by ligation of the vein above and below the communication and proximal ligature of the popliteal artery.
After ligation of the carotid the condition was possibly worse, and this needs mention as transitory loss of power in the left upper extremity also followed the operation.
That this was independent of the collateral circulation seems evident from its complete disappearance and slowness of return after ligation of the wounded vessels.
The operation most in favour consists in ligation of the artery above and below the varix, the vein remaining untouched.
Under these circumstances it may be said that the classical rule of ligation at the point of injury should never be disregarded.
Proximal ligation of the artery combined with double ligature of the vein, as adopted in case 15 by Colonel Lewtas for a varicose aneurism, might offer advantages in some situations.
The ligation of arteries, the division of its nerve supply, or the excision of part of the gland, may reverse the foregoing picture and restore the normal condition.
Ligation and torsion of the cut end of large blood-vessels should be practised.
The cutting off and ligation of the umbilical cord at a point a few inches from the abdomen, and applying tincture of iodine or any reliable disinfectant is very advisable in the colt and calf.
Perforating ulcer from lesions of the central nervous system is comparatively rare and it is doubtful if it is ever due to embolism or to ligation of the arteries.
Active hemorrhage of this nature may yield to tight bandaging, but ligation of the vessel should be done.
Practically the only chance of saving the {23} mother's life is coeliotomy and the ligation of her open arteries.
Suppose that there is no doubt that the ligation of the maternal arteries in this case really hastens the foetus's death some minutes: it would still be an indirect volition.
The means are coeliotomy, and the ligation of the {25} uterine and ovarian arteries to stop the mother's bleeding.
If the surgeon shunts off the water just above the dam (the ligation of the arteries), he will suddenly let the lunatic who is tearing away the masonry fall down to the rocks at the bottom of the dam and be killed.
