Buffalo medical and surgical journal . ter. I now had constructed what I term a dilating trocar—an instrument that I herewith present for the inspection of As will be seen, it is similar to a uterine dilator, but with atrocar point. This instrument I forced along the track made by i. Figs, i and 2, page 377. STUD Y OF PEL VIC ABSCESS. 377 the aspirating needle, and then, by closing the handles, the pointswere separated, and the tissues were torn in such a way as toleave an opening sufficiently large for the drainage-tube to beintroduced easily, the operation being attended wit
Buffalo medical and surgical journal . ter. I now had constructed what I term a dilating trocar—an instrument that I herewith present for the inspection of As will be seen, it is similar to a uterine dilator, but with atrocar point. This instrument I forced along the track made by i. Figs, i and 2, page 377. STUD Y OF PEL VIC ABSCESS. 377 the aspirating needle, and then, by closing the handles, the pointswere separated, and the tissues were torn in such a way as toleave an opening sufficiently large for the drainage-tube to beintroduced easily, the operation being attended with a minimumamount of risk to the uterine artery and the ureter. Since thattime, I have treated many cases of pelvic abscess in this manner,and, when they were not complicated with pyosalpinx, the resultshave been all that could be desired. The self-retaining drainage-tube, as will be seen from thesample,1 is of a T-shape, and is easily made in a moment from apiece of rubber tubing of a suitable size. The cross-section should Fig. Dilating trocar 2.
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