Compound leg fractures: emergency treatment with Hoffmann's splint.
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The authors assess the pathogenic causes of leg-ulcers which all have as a common denominator chronic venous incompetence. It is vital to have a correct identification of prevention of frequent relapse as well as cure. The authors suggest their strategy of topic treatment which, despite its simplicity and economy, has never proved unsuccessful.
The authors consider the usefulness of sclerosing varicose veins in the lower limbs according to tournay's classic teaching, and in accordance with their basically surgical orientation, they try to classify a series of absolute indications for the surgical treatment, and a second series of analogous indications for the sclerosant treatment. Since the treatment of varicose veins does not come into effect all at once, the two methods - surgical and sclerosant - can be usefully combined.
The removal of hemorrhoids by cryosurgery may be carried out in a radical way even in the case of patients suffering serious concomitant illnesses. It is also possible to treat large hemorrhoids by this technique. The after-effects are proportionate to the surface treated. A thorough knowledge of surgical techniques and cryosurgical apparatus is vital if serious complications and recurrences are to be avoided.
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