A manual of practical obstetrics . stylet, which last ispushed back into the eye, and shoved up quite to the closedend of the catheter. The two ends of the tape may now begently drawn upon, until the loop loosely holds the cord incontact with the instrument. The prolapsed funis is thenpushed up into the uterus by the catheter until it is quiteabove the presenting part of the child, when, by withdrawingthe stylet, the cord is released. The catheter and tape maybe left in till labor is over. A simpler method: The loop oftape, instead of being passed all through the catheter, is simply 350 PROLAP


A manual of practical obstetrics . stylet, which last ispushed back into the eye, and shoved up quite to the closedend of the catheter. The two ends of the tape may now begently drawn upon, until the loop loosely holds the cord incontact with the instrument. The prolapsed funis is thenpushed up into the uterus by the catheter until it is quiteabove the presenting part of the child, when, by withdrawingthe stylet, the cord is released. The catheter and tape maybe left in till labor is over. A simpler method: The loop oftape, instead of being passed all through the catheter, is simply 350 PROLAPSE OF FUNIS. passed into the eye of it and over the end of the stylet, whichlast is pushed up to secure it; the free ends of the tape maynow be loosely tied round the loop of cord and the catheterintroduced as before, and stylet removed. (See Fig. 135.) Or, again, a catheter may be used with two eyes, oppositeeach other; the loop of tape, or string is passed transverselythrough both eyes, then round the navel-string, then over the. Fig. 136.


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