Text book of abdominal surgery : a clinical manual for practitioners and students . om an ovarian cystby aspiration is absolutely safe when properly carried out. Theessential precautions to be adopted are,—a clean instrument ofsmall calibre, a clean skin, complete emptying of the fluid,puncture opening at the highest level, and absolute rest in bedfor three or four days. The usual mistakes which are madeare,—too large an instrument is used, the fluid is not completelyemptied, the puncture opening is not made at the highest level,and absolute rest in bed is not insisted on. In addition, thepati
Text book of abdominal surgery : a clinical manual for practitioners and students . om an ovarian cystby aspiration is absolutely safe when properly carried out. Theessential precautions to be adopted are,—a clean instrument ofsmall calibre, a clean skin, complete emptying of the fluid,puncture opening at the highest level, and absolute rest in bedfor three or four days. The usual mistakes which are madeare,—too large an instrument is used, the fluid is not completelyemptied, the puncture opening is not made at the highest level,and absolute rest in bed is not insisted on. In addition, thepatient is not protected from catching cold when the largequantity of warm fluid is being removed. The operation of ovariotomy having been decided on, thepatient is got ready in the way already described, by the adminis-tration of a dose of castor-oil, and light food the day before. 352 OVARIOTOMY. This amount of preparation is amply sufficient for the greatmajority of cases. Should there be any intercurrent disease,such as an attack of acute bronchitis, or any of the conditions.
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