. Operative gynecology. 34G.—The forceps are then used to carry the cervi.\well back into the pelvis. INDICATIONS FOR OPERATION. 153 A good way to test the probable effect of an operationfor retroflexion is by lifting the uterus and supporting it on a wool pack or apessary; if this affords decided relief after a fair trial, the flexion may be con-sidered to be the source of the disturbance. Suspension should always be usedin those cases which Dr. B. McMonagle has described as ? tied to the physiciansoffice by their ailment, now better and now worse, and so continuing indefi-nitely under treatm
. Operative gynecology. 34G.—The forceps are then used to carry the cervi.\well back into the pelvis. INDICATIONS FOR OPERATION. 153 A good way to test the probable effect of an operationfor retroflexion is by lifting the uterus and supporting it on a wool pack or apessary; if this affords decided relief after a fair trial, the flexion may be con-sidered to be the source of the disturbance. Suspension should always be usedin those cases which Dr. B. McMonagle has described as ? tied to the physiciansoffice by their ailment, now better and now worse, and so continuing indefi-nitely under treatment. A retroflexed adherent u t e r u s is, as a rule, the result of a pelvicperitonitis primarily involving the tubes and ovaries, and a suspensory operationafter freeing these adhesions is not advisable if theyare very extensive. It only exj^oses a raw surfaceto the formation of intestinal adhesions, and if thetubes and ovaries are so diseased as to be practicallyuseless, there is no advantage in keeping the dis-.
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