Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... means ventrosuspension.--Ed.] It is especially appropriate in retroflexion with fixation of the uterus when the adhesions have been broken up. Olshausen secures the insertions of the round ligaments to the angles of the peritoneal wound and to the sheaths of the recti (Plate 42), while Czerny and Leopold pass the sutures through the fundus itself. The same sutures that are used to close the abdominal wall are passed through the fundus. Catgut may also be used. X. ALEXANDER-ADAMS OPERATION, PERFORMED AFTER EXPOSURE OF THE INGUINAL CANAL. Topographic and Surgical Anatomy of the Inguinal Region. The skin is divided immediately above Poupart's ligament and in a direction parallel with it, then the panniculus adiposus, and, underneath that, the superficial abdominal fascia, in which, midway between the symphysis and the anterior superior spine of the ilium, the epigastric vessels will be found. The superficial fascia is divided only by a thin layer of fat from the much thicker aponeurosis of the external oblique. The latter covers and forms the inguinal canal, the internal opening of which is situated at a point somewhat lateral to the epigastric vessels. The external inguinal ring is situated a short distance to the outer side of the pubic tubercle, which can be readily palpated. It is formed by the aponeurosis of the external oblique (intercrural fibers), which here undergo division and form the radiating crura ligamenii inguinalis superius et inferius. The opening is covered by the thin cremasteric fascia. Between the limbs of the inguinal ring the round ligament emerges with the ilioinguinal nerve. The latter courses downward and crosses the external pudendal vein on the ligament. Behind these structures the external spermatic nerve runs...
