. Operative surgery, for students and practitioners . has been turned back like a cuffthe portion of the penis that is to be amputated is cut away. Theurethral portion of the penis should be cut about one-fourth inchlonger than the part that corresponds to the corpora cavernosa. The blade of the scalpel is thrust flatwise through the penisbetween the urethral portion, which may be recognized by the soundwithin, and the corpora cavernosa, and carried a good one-fourthinch forward toward the glans, when the urethral portion is cutthrough with a circular sweep of the knife down upon the soundcont
. Operative surgery, for students and practitioners . has been turned back like a cuffthe portion of the penis that is to be amputated is cut away. Theurethral portion of the penis should be cut about one-fourth inchlonger than the part that corresponds to the corpora cavernosa. The blade of the scalpel is thrust flatwise through the penisbetween the urethral portion, which may be recognized by the soundwithin, and the corpora cavernosa, and carried a good one-fourthinch forward toward the glans, when the urethral portion is cutthrough with a circular sweep of the knife down upon the soundcontained within. The corpora cavernosa are then divided upon a 486 URINARY SYSTEM. plane farther back, corresponding to the base of the skin flap, so thatthe urethral portion will project about one-fourth inch beyond thecut surface of the corpora cavernosa. The tourniquet is now removed from the root of the penis. Thedorsal arteries bleed, and require to be clamped and ligated. Thearteries of the corpora cavernosa usually require no ligatures; if they. Fig. 213.—Amputation of the Penis. CG, corpora cavernosa; F, skin flapturned back; U, urethral portion cut long. spurt, they may be clamped or touched with the Paquelin. A fewminutes compression usually suffices to check bleeding from any re-maining sources. The edges of the urethra are seized with two artery clamps, andthe urethra then split upon its under aspect for a distance of aboutone-fourth inch. The skin flaps are turned over the end of the
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