St Thomas's Hospital reports . VOL. XXIII. 130 The Radical Cure of Umbilical Hernia, Fig. The Radical Cure of Umbilical Hernia. 131 now applied instead of the ice-bags^ and on March 8th theabdomen was packed in the usual way for operation. The operation was on March 9th. The hernial sacwas drawn well over to the left side, and a skin in-cision made from above dowTiwards, beginning in themiddle line one and a half inches above the pedicle, pass-ing close round its right side, and ending in the mid-line,one and a half inches below it. Then the sac was drawn overto the right side, and a secon
St Thomas's Hospital reports . VOL. XXIII. 130 The Radical Cure of Umbilical Hernia, Fig. The Radical Cure of Umbilical Hernia. 131 now applied instead of the ice-bags^ and on March 8th theabdomen was packed in the usual way for operation. The operation was on March 9th. The hernial sacwas drawn well over to the left side, and a skin in-cision made from above dowTiwards, beginning in themiddle line one and a half inches above the pedicle, pass-ing close round its right side, and ending in the mid-line,one and a half inches below it. Then the sac was drawn overto the right side, and a second incision, beginning and endingin the first, was carried round the left side of the peritoneal cavity was now opened in the mid-line, andby means of scissors the pedicle of the sac was cut com-pletely round at the junction with the abdominal parietes,all bleeding vessels being secured during the sac being now drawn forward, sponges were placed inthe abdominal cavity to keep back the intestines. Omentum only was found to be entering the sac, and tobe adherent to
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