. Annals of surgery . another operation before it was finally closed. The patient was readmitted to thehospital a short time after, on account of the marked pyuria, which had not beeninfluenced by the ureterectomy. It was decided at the time, that the stump of theureter left behind was the source of the trouble, and an attempt was made toextirpate the remaining portion of the ureter. The sacral route was used, part ofthe coccyx resected, and after considerable difficulty, what was thought to be theureteral stump, was excised. Microscopic examination proved this to be a dis-eased seminal vesicl
. Annals of surgery . another operation before it was finally closed. The patient was readmitted to thehospital a short time after, on account of the marked pyuria, which had not beeninfluenced by the ureterectomy. It was decided at the time, that the stump of theureter left behind was the source of the trouble, and an attempt was made toextirpate the remaining portion of the ureter. The sacral route was used, part ofthe coccyx resected, and after considerable difficulty, what was thought to be theureteral stump, was excised. Microscopic examination proved this to be a dis-eased seminal vesicle. Since the last operation, eight years ago, he has at differentintervals complained of diurnal and nocturnal frequency, severe burning at 390 EMPYEMA OF THE URETER.\L STUMP beginning and end of urination. The urine has been ven- turbid, and has containedlarge clumps of white material. He complains of pain in both loins, aggravatedon defecation. Physical Examination.—May, 1921, shows a man in good general condition
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