. The Principles and practice of gynecology : for students and practitioners. e bleeding, especially after abortion,unless relieved by treatment, often persists for a long time. Gradualor sudden replacement may occur spontaneously ; or, the causes con-tinuing active, the displacement may persist and even be reinforcedby cystocele and rectocele. There is usually concurrent displacementof the ovaries and Fallopian tubes. Xutritive changes in the uterinewalls may induce a superadded retroflexion. The heavy organ maydescend along the relaxed, subinvoluted vaginal walls even to com-plete procidenti
. The Principles and practice of gynecology : for students and practitioners. e bleeding, especially after abortion,unless relieved by treatment, often persists for a long time. Gradualor sudden replacement may occur spontaneously ; or, the causes con-tinuing active, the displacement may persist and even be reinforcedby cystocele and rectocele. There is usually concurrent displacementof the ovaries and Fallopian tubes. Xutritive changes in the uterinewalls may induce a superadded retroflexion. The heavy organ maydescend along the relaxed, subinvoluted vaginal walls even to com-plete procidentia. 648 DISPLA CEMENTS. Diagnosis and Prognosis of Retroversion. The symptoms indicate the probability of displacement, but definitediagnosis depends upon direct examination. Conjoined manipulationwill usually establish the diagnosis and show the organ retroverted,with the cervix displaced toward the pubes and with the corpus inthe hollow of the sacrum. In certain cases of anteflexion, as repre-sented in Chapter XLVIII., the cervix is bent forward in the vaginal Figure Degrees of retroversion. axis as in retroversion. The condition is in reality one of retroversionof the cervix, with high anteflexion of the corpus. Under treatment,the prognosis, both for speedy relief and ultimate recovery, is gene-rally favorable. Degrees of Retroversion. Retroversion will be slight or extreme according to the extent towhich the axis of the uterus is turned back. Three degrees of dis-placement usually are recognized; but the division is arbitrary, and,except for purposes of description, has no practical significance. SeeFigure 363. Suggested by Penrose. Diseases of Women. RETROVERSION AND RETROFLEXION. 649 Treatment of Retroversion. The troatnient, as in descont, consists of the removal of tlie iiiflani-matorv ami other eoinplicatioiis, in tlie use of pessaries, aiul in surgi-cal operations. Inasniueh as the treatment is similar to that ofretroflexion, the treatment of retroversion and re
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