A textbook of obstetrics . Fg- 4M-—Transverse or semicircular tear of the lower uterine Fig. 415. -Laceration of lower uterine segment. LABOR COMPLICA TED /> YACCIDENTS AND DISEASES. 547 split, and it Is recorded in one case that the peritoneal and mus-cular coats were torn while the mucosa remained If thetear is extensive and complete, the fetal body will probably passinto the abdominal cavity, and intestines may prolapse into theuterus and into the vagina. In one remarkable case2 there was atear of the lower uterine segment and of the right lateral fornixof the vagina,
A textbook of obstetrics . Fg- 4M-—Transverse or semicircular tear of the lower uterine Fig. 415. -Laceration of lower uterine segment. LABOR COMPLICA TED /> YACCIDENTS AND DISEASES. 547 split, and it Is recorded in one case that the peritoneal and mus-cular coats were torn while the mucosa remained If thetear is extensive and complete, the fetal body will probably passinto the abdominal cavity, and intestines may prolapse into theuterus and into the vagina. In one remarkable case2 there was atear of the lower uterine segment and of the right lateral fornixof the vagina, through which the fetus entered the vagina, passingto one side of the undilated cervix. Fetal death is usually syn-chronous with the rupture of the womb, and if the childs bodypasses into the peritoneal cavity it rapidly putrefies, generating
Size: 1469px × 1702px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidtex, booksubjectobstetrics
