The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 161
GRAHAM, DISSECTING ANEURISM OF AORTA. 155 of the V-shaped piece of mesentery usually recommended. This was to avoid the chance of cutting off any blood-supply to the remaining gut, which is mentioned by Treves as one of the dangers of the V-incision. … ace, Usual section, abde, Actual section. However, if more gut had been excised, I should have been obliged to use the V, as a greater bulk of mesentery would have been difficult to reduce. As to the propriety of resecting the gut in this case, instead of opening and leaving it in situ, as is…
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