. The Richmond and Louisville medical journal. VESICOVAGINAL FISTULE. 21 section of a finished suture, a b the united edges, c the platefastened by means of a silver wire and a small compressed shot*Here the two ends of the wire are seen cut off and bent overthe side of the shot. The shape and size of the plate de- Figure 5. pends upon the shape assumed by the /g>. edges after being united by the wires. n***^^^ The latter sometimes do not lie in a ! »^^W straight plane, but are convex or undu- ^^^-^^^lating. The plate in this event must be cut or bent in amanner to correspond to the line of
. The Richmond and Louisville medical journal. VESICOVAGINAL FISTULE. 21 section of a finished suture, a b the united edges, c the platefastened by means of a silver wire and a small compressed shot*Here the two ends of the wire are seen cut off and bent overthe side of the shot. The shape and size of the plate de- Figure 5. pends upon the shape assumed by the /g>. edges after being united by the wires. n***^^^ The latter sometimes do not lie in a ! »^^W straight plane, but are convex or undu- ^^^-^^^lating. The plate in this event must be cut or bent in amanner to correspond to the line of adjusted sutures, other-wise derangement of the united edges of the fistule is liable tooccur. This circumstance had to be taken into considerationin the second, third and fourth cases. In 1857 Bozeman published some cases which, previous tothe preparatory treatment, he himself believed to be incurable,except by occlusion of the vagina, yet he finally succeeded insuccessfully uniting the fistulous edges. In the same articleminute directions
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