Identifier: operativesurgery02brya (find matches)
Title: Operative surgery
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Bryant, Joseph D. (Joseph Decatur), 1845-1914
Subjects: Surgery, Operative Surgery, Operative
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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Fig. 1418.—The removal of a pinfrom the urethra, first step. Caus-ing pin to puncture tissues. Pig. 1419.—The removal of a pin from theurethra, second step. Turning pin. The Precautions.—Overdistention of the passage may cause rupture ofthe urethral structure and lead to incontinence. If the stone plus thethickness of the forceps be too large, the stone should be crushed andthe fragments removed as in the male. Tlie vaginal method consists in con-necting the vagina with the cavity of thebladder by a longitudinal incision madein the median line of the vagina, thelength varying according to the size ofthe stone. The patient is placed on theback and a grooved staff is introducedinto the bladder; the position of thegroove is ascertained by the finger, andthe tissues between the finger and thegroove are divided by a scalpel or scis-sors. The stone is grasped and removedby forceps; if too large, it should becrushed and removed piecemeal. The wound in the bladder should beclosed at onc

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