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Value of Preoperative Physiologic Amputation *
WILLIAM H. MoRE-rz, M.D., WALTER R. VOYLES, M.D., CHARLES B. THOMAS, M.D.
From the Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Eugene Talmadge
Memorial Hospital, Augusta, Georgia
Annals of Surgery
November 1961
Physiologic amputation, afforded by local
hypothermia and tourniquet application
above the affected tissue, grants this interval,
free of the harmful effects of the involved
part, in which to prepare the patient
for operative amputation.
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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