Muscle-Splitting Incision

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Surgical operation showing the surgeon insertiong two fingers inside a muscle incision

Muscle-splitting incision shown in preceding figure. This may be greatly enlarged by upward incision across muscle, parallel to nerves, as shown. This makes the so-called frying pan incision.

Artist

Name:: Brödel, Max
Dates:: 1870-1941
Country:: Germany

Illustration

Subject:: Science & Technology
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Diseases of the kidneys, ureters and bladder
Authors:: Burnam, Curtis Field; Kelly, Howard Atwood
Publisher:: London, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1914
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View of a surgical operation showing retractors keeping the muscle layer accessible as the surgeon inserts two fingers inside a muscle incision. The “preceding figure” referred to in the caption is that of the T-shaped incision.

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{{cite web | title=Muscle-Splitting Incision | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/muscle-splitting-incision/ | author=Brödel, Max | year=1914 | access-date=April 26, 2024 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}