The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . Fig. 56.—Central tear in the peri-neum, with contracted vulvar orifice(Ribemont-Dessaignes). DYSTOCIA. 77 fcion of the womb. It may be twisted «>n its pedicle, the cervix, or it mayform part of the contents of a hernial sac in inguinal or ventral hernia. Anterior Displacement of the Uterus in Labor; Pendulous Belly.—This is a. Fig. 57.—Hernia of the gravid womb through the linea alba. common anomaly in labor, seen to some degree in all cases of obstructed labor,as in deformed pelvis, and in all cases in which the length o
The American text-book of obstetrics for practitioners and students . Fig. 56.—Central tear in the peri-neum, with contracted vulvar orifice(Ribemont-Dessaignes). DYSTOCIA. 77 fcion of the womb. It may be twisted «>n its pedicle, the cervix, or it mayform part of the contents of a hernial sac in inguinal or ventral hernia. Anterior Displacement of the Uterus in Labor; Pendulous Belly.—This is a. Fig. 57.—Hernia of the gravid womb through the linea alba. common anomaly in labor, seen to some degree in all cases of obstructed labor,as in deformed pelvis, and in all cases in which the length of the abdominalcavity is decreased, as in kyphosis. A peculiar example of forward displace-ment is seen in those rare instances of hernia of the parturient womb betweenthe recti muscles or to one side of the me-dian line during the second stage of labor(Fig. 57). The pregnant womb may fallforward also into an umbilical hernia orinto a ventral hernia following removal of the obstruction tolabor in the first class of eases will ordi-narily obviate the anterior the displacement depends not uponobstruction, but upon flaccid abdominalwalls, the application of an abdominalbinder surely corrects the cases of hernia of the uterus throughthe anterior abdominal wall artificial de-livery with forceps or by version may benecessarv; when the uterus is evacu
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