A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 436.—An efficient and simple method for the primary repair of laceration of theperineum and of the pelvic floor. peated from three to six times, according to the extent of thetear. If care is taken to insert the needle deeply enough, andto put the first stitch near the upper margin of the tear through-out its whole depth, a thoroughly satisfactory and strong unionof the parts can be secured by an operation of the simplest pos-sible nature, easy for the veriest tyro in surgery to perform, andlasting not more than five minutes. Another plan to be recom-mended in t
A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 436.—An efficient and simple method for the primary repair of laceration of theperineum and of the pelvic floor. peated from three to six times, according to the extent of thetear. If care is taken to insert the needle deeply enough, andto put the first stitch near the upper margin of the tear through-out its whole depth, a thoroughly satisfactory and strong unionof the parts can be secured by an operation of the simplest pos-sible nature, easy for the veriest tyro in surgery to perform, andlasting not more than five minutes. Another plan to be recom-mended in tlie hands of experts accustomed to gynecologicalsurgery is to sew up the lacerated perineum and torn vagina inthe same manner that one inserts stitches for the secondaryoperation upon the perineum, after the plan ^{ Emmet. If theperineum is torn through the sphincter into the rectum, the best36 562 111E OF LA/> Fig. —Complete laceration of perineum through sphincter. The suture> in therectal wall introduced.
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