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REPORT OF SIX CASES

H. H. HAYNES, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1933;26(2):288-294.

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CASE 1.

—The first patient was a man, aged 51, who became acutely ill one day before admission to the hospital and on admission presented an acute surgical abdominal condition with distention, generalized tenderness and rigidity. He was immediately operated on under ether anesthesia. When the abdomen was opened, a large amount of brownish fluid was encountered. Fat necrosis was present, and the pancreas was enlarged and indurated.

The pancreas was drained by the transgastrocolic omental route, from the anterior surface of the pancreas, with a tube drain and a battery of cigaret drains. It drained freely for two days, but on the third day the drainage had practically ceased; under primary ether anesthesia the sinus for drainage was enlarged by blunt dissection, but satisfactory drainage was not obtained. Two days later, under local anesthesia, the gallbladder was drained. The bile was slightly darker than usual, but no stones or . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CLARKSBURG, W. VA.

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