Panhysterocolpectomy : complete excision of the vagina for prolapse of the bladder, etc. / A. Ernest Gallant.

  • Gallant, A. Ernest (Albert Ernest), 1861-
Date:
1911
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Credit: Panhysterocolpectomy : complete excision of the vagina for prolapse of the bladder, etc. / A. Ernest Gallant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    by making four longitudinal incisions from the hy- men to the cervix, quadrisecting the exposed mu- cous membrane, and then proceeding with the de- nudation of one strip after the other, being careful to work in the loose cellular planes beneath the mu- cous membrane, downward and outward toward the protruding cervix, leaving the flaps attached at the cervix. Large Epithelioma Implanted on a Cystocele. That the friction of the clothing and irritation due Fig. 3. After Removal. to urinary dribbling may cause serious trouble is well shown by the photographs of Mrs. R. (24), aet 77, taken July 24, 1910, at the Eastern Long Island Hospital, showing the large epithelioma, as big as a full-time baby’s head, protruding from the vulva, which had developed on a cystocele of thirty years’ standing, but had been “raw” only since Feb- ruary, 1910 (Figs. 1-2-3). The mass, larger than a child’s head, prevented her from standing or sit-