StThomas's Hospital reports . elerated by adopting a deviceof Mr. Lawson Taits. Traction outwards is made on eachside of the anus by means of a finger placed on the nates. DESCRIPTION OF PLATE I, Illustrating Dr. Culiingworths paper on the Operation forUnunited Rupture of the Female Perineum. Fig. 1 shows the condition of the parts in complete perineal triangular gap in the recto-vaginal septum, caused by the pullingasunder, from muscular retraction, of the sides of the rent, is well seen. Acicatricial dimple on each side marks the position of the ruptured ends ofthe sphincter ani
StThomas's Hospital reports . elerated by adopting a deviceof Mr. Lawson Taits. Traction outwards is made on eachside of the anus by means of a finger placed on the nates. DESCRIPTION OF PLATE I, Illustrating Dr. Culiingworths paper on the Operation forUnunited Rupture of the Female Perineum. Fig. 1 shows the condition of the parts in complete perineal triangular gap in the recto-vaginal septum, caused by the pullingasunder, from muscular retraction, of the sides of the rent, is well seen. Acicatricial dimple on each side marks the position of the ruptured ends ofthe sphincter ani muscle. Fig. 2 shows the transverse white line produced by making traction oneach side, so as to draw the lower corners of the gap more widely firet step of the operation is to jjlunge one blade of a pair of angularscissors deeply into the tissues of the septum at one end of this white line,and to separate the septum into two layers by cutting along the line fromone end to the other. (Drawn by R. E. Holding.) o
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