Observations ON THE "OPEN METHOD" OF TREATING EXCEPTIONAL CASES OF SEPTIC ARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE
BMJPublished 21 June 1902Open access
Walter Whitehead
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It was with the double object of saving the leg and reducing the risks to life that a patient was allowed to substitute the open method, instead of following the hitherto orthodox line of procedure, which in this particular instance would undoubtedly have been the immediate amputation of the thigh.
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