MIXED TUMOURS OF THE UTERUS
MIXED TUMOURS OF THE UTERUS
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子宫混合瘤
DOI:
10.5694/j.1326-5377.1939.tb98854.x
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发表时间:
1939
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
A. Duggan
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作者:
A. Duggan
In all casestreatmentwith miotics should commence at once, whatever the subsequenttreatment adopted. One drop of a 1% solution of eserineinOleum Ricini should be instilled into both eyes immediately, and the patient should be put to bed, if he is not already there. Hospital is the best place always for the treatmentof acute glaucoma. The patient should be given 0·1 gramme (two grains) of calomel and a hypodermic injection of 0·01 gramme (one-sixth of a grain) of morphine sulphateon arrival at hospital. The calomel, and later a draughtof salinesolution, relieve congestion, and the morphinerelievesthe pain, inducesrestand quells anxiety. These measures,apart from their generalvalue, are prophylacticagainstthe onsetof acuteglaucomain the other eye. 'I'he oily solution of eserine is instilled into the affectedeye, one drop every half-hour for two hours, then one drop every hour for a further four hours. 'I'hereaf'ter one drop is instilled every four or six hours if the eye continuesto improve. One drop of 0·3% aqueoussolution of eserine sulphate should be instilled into the unaffected eye night. and morning during the crisis, and once daily for long after, to keep the pupil small. The oily solution of eserine is made in the following way. 'I'hirty cubic centimetres (one ounce) of castor oil are warmed in a watch glass and then 0·3 gramme (four grains) of eseriue alkaloid, previously dissolvedin a little chloroform, are gently stirred in. The oily solution ensures more constantand prolongedaction of the eserine. A small quantity of this solution, such as 7·5cubic centimetres(two drachms),is a small thing to keep always on hand in the surgery or in the bag; it keeps indefinitely and may be used immediately while the drops are being made. Thus irritating and damagingdelay is avoided. T'he hypodermic injection of morphine sulphate may be repeatedtwo or three times as required. The eye should be bathed for ten minutes every hour for the first six hours, then every four hours, with wateras hot as can be borneon the closedeye. These bathings are best carried out as "spoon bathings". A wooden kitchen spoon is padded in the bowl with lint. A basinof hot wateris obtained. The spoon is dipped into the hot water, and the patient, sitting upright in bed, lifts the padded bowl of the spoon to the dosedeye and applies it as hot as possible,repeatingthe processas soon [IS the heat is lost. This is a most comforting measure. and patients never fail to appreciateit. Nurses appreciateit too, as it requires no supervision,no messydressingsor bandages.For thesereasonsalso it is muchmorelikely to be carriedout as frequently as the surgeondesires. Short-wavediathermy is excellent if available. A healthy leech or two, now seldom available, applied to the temple, half an inch from the outer canthus. under a moist pad, is an ancient but unassailablygood treatment. These measuresnever fail to make the patient more comfortable, hut may fail to relieve the glaucoma sufficie-ntly. A watch must be kept '(1Il the eye; and if there is no sign of the' pupil contracting evenly all round, and if no nelief of tensionis detectablein twelve hourswith this treatment, it is unwiseto wait any further and operation must be performed. The oily drops .eannot be continued indefinitelyaas they cause irritation to the eye, often nausea and later fatty· acid conjunctivitis. Too much conservativetreatmentoften adds a spasmodicentropion of the lower lid, with trichiasis to the already acutely affected eye, and this may causedelay by requiring operation for its relief before iridectomy can be done. When patientshave to be transportedlong distancesto a city or a basehospital,a scleralpuncture may be performed. This operation can be carried out without general anresthesiaor special instruments. It should be within the skill of anyone accustomedto general surgery. It is not recommended unless the case is' so severe that without surgical interference before such an unavoidable delay all useful sight would assuredlybe lost.