A manual of the injuries and surgical diseases of the face, mouth, and jaws.

  • Marshall, John Sayre, 1846-1922.
Date:
1902
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Credit: A manual of the injuries and surgical diseases of the face, mouth, and jaws. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (7, in Fig. 356.) This consists of dividing the upper Hp and nose upon the median line, and then carrying a transverse incision to a point just belov^r the inner canthus of each eye and outward, following the margin of the orbit to its outer angle. For the removal of portions of the superior maxillary bones be- low the infraorbital foramen, Nelaton's (5, in Fig. 356) or Weber's (8, in Fig. 356) incisions may be employed, and the soft tissues raised from the bone. After extracting an incisor tooth, the maxilla is then divided upon the median line with a narrow saw passed through the nostril, the horizontal section being made with the saw or chisel through the malar process and the maxillary tuberosity. The soft palate is de- tached by a transverse incision. The detached piece is then loosened with an elevator and wrenched out of its position. Operations requiring the removal of only small sections of the alveolar process can with safety to the success of the operation be made through the mouth. The operations for the extirpation of the parotid and submaxillary glands have already been described in the section on carcinoma of the salivary glands.