Sexual disease and its medical prevention / by H.N. Robson.

  • Robson, H. N.
Date:
1911
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    had never been well since her confinement, which was said to have been a difficult one. She had been attended at the time by a midwife, and was very ill for some time after it. Ever since the confinement she had suffered from constant pain and aching in the left iliac region, with numbness down the left leg; and the pain had been much worse for the five months preceding her admis- sion. Since her confinement menstruation had been very irregular, with very great pain for a week beforehand. She was advised to try pal- liative treatment, and did so for six months without finding herself any better. She was accordingly readmitted, and I removed the uterine appendages. Some dense adhesions on the left side had to be separated before the ap- pendages on that side could be removed. Both the fallopian tubes were slightly enlarged, and the fimbriated ends had been closed by adhesions, the outer ends of the tubes being firmly adherent to the corresponding ovary. I have seen this patient at intervals since the operation ; she was quite free from the constant pain which had been her chief trouble for about fifteen months.” This operation involves permanent sterility in the woman.