The practice of surgery . ^ in the disease, but the statistics of many operators showthat it docs sometimes cure. These statistics are so variable that theyare hardly worth quoting. They show us that from 10 to 60 per cent,of all cases are well three years after the operation. In the detail of the technic of vaginal hysterectomy two methods areadvocated—hemostasis by forcipressure (clamping the broad ligamentsand leaving the clamps in place) and hemostasis by ligature. I advocatethe latter, as it is cleaner, is better surgery, and causes far less pain to thepatient after her recovery from ethe
The practice of surgery . ^ in the disease, but the statistics of many operators showthat it docs sometimes cure. These statistics are so variable that theyare hardly worth quoting. They show us that from 10 to 60 per cent,of all cases are well three years after the operation. In the detail of the technic of vaginal hysterectomy two methods areadvocated—hemostasis by forcipressure (clamping the broad ligamentsand leaving the clamps in place) and hemostasis by ligature. I advocatethe latter, as it is cleaner, is better surgery, and causes far less pain to thepatient after her recovery from ether. The steps of the operation are TUMORS^ OF THI<: UTERUS 311 well illustrated by the diajiranis. and l)riefly are as follows. With thepatient in the lithotomy position, and with a strong hght and plenty of. Fig. 192.—Vaginal hysterectomy—step 2.
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