Is pubiotomy a justifiable operation? : [an affirmative answer based upon a personal experience in thirteen cases] / by J. Whitridge Williams.

  • Williams, J. Whitridge (John Whitridge), 1866-1931.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Is pubiotomy a justifiable operation? : [an affirmative answer based upon a personal experience in thirteen cases] / by J. Whitridge Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7. In multipart with a history of repeated difficult labors or in primiparae presenting excessive disproportion, it is inferior to Cesarean section performed at the end of pregnancy or at the onset of labor. In other cases it does not enter into competition with it; as it is the operation of choice in border-line pelves after the patient has been subjected to the test of labor, and at that time is five or six times less dangerous than Cesarean section. 8. It should replace high forceps, prophylactic version, in- duction of labor and craniotomy upon the living child in unin- fected women. 9. It should not be employed in infected patients or after failure to deliver by other means. It should be regarded as a primary operation, whose dangers are infection, deep tears and hemorrhage. 1128 Cathedral Street