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Excision:
Surgeons treated some shoulder wounds with a technique known as excision, also termed exsection or resection. The fractured bone section was removed, the tissues sutured, and the limb left to heal. Excision gave the patient limited use of the arm and usually full use of the hand. Prosthetic braces worn over the shoulder allowed nearly normal function of the limb for some patients.
The flexible teeth of chain saw were passed under the tissue, the handles attached and the device was moved back and forth to saw through the bone. |