OPERATIONS UPON THE NOSE AND ITS ACCESSORY CAVITIES

By StCLAIR THOMSON, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.)

Professor of Laryngology and Physician for Diseases of the Throat, King’s College Hospital, London.

CHAPTER I

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONSIN REGARD TO OPERATIONS UPON
THE NOSE AND NASO-PHARYNX
Sources of Illumination, [569]. Local Anæsthesia, [572]. Local Ischæmia,[573]. Bleeding and its Control, [574]. The Protection of the LowerAir-passages from the Descent of Blood, [576]. Shock, [577]. Sepsisand other Complications, [577]. Asepsis, [578]. After-treatment, [578].Cleansing the Nose, [579]. After-results, [580][569][580]

CHAPTER II

OPERATIONS FOR INJURIES, DEFORMITIES, FOREIGN BODIES,AND
RHINOLITHS: OPERATIONS UPON THE TURBINALS:
OPERATIONS IN SYPHILIS AND LUPUS
Operations for Injuries to the Nose—Fractures of the Nasal Bones andSeptum, [581]. For Congenital Occlusion of the Nostrils, [582]. Removalof Foreign Bodies, [584]; of Rhinoliths, [586]. Operations upon theTurbinals, [586]; upon the Inferior Turbinal, [587]; upon the MiddleTurbinal, [592]. For the Results of Syphilis—Sequestrotomy, [594]; Post-syphiliticAdhesions of the Velum, [595]. For Tuberculosis, [596][581][596]

CHAPTER III

OPERATIONS UPON THE NASAL SEPTUM
For Deformities—Removal of Spurs, [597]; Perforating the Septum, [598].For Simple Deviation, [598]; Gleason-Watson Operation, [599]; Asch’sOperation, [599]; Moure’s Operation, [599]. For Combined Bony andCartilaginous Deformity—Submucous Resection, [601]. ComplementaryOperations, [610]. For Perforation of the Nasal Septum,[611]. For Abscess, [612]. For Hæmatoma, [612][597][612]