Cesarean section . s this advantage of distinctly minor importance. Furthermore,it is evident that, in case of infection of the uterine incision, the peritonealcavity is to a certain extent protected by the fact that the uterine in-cision may become adherent to the abdominal wall, and if an abscessforms it can be drained with ease through the abdominal incision, oran extension of it, whereas, if the fundal incision were employed, theseptic material would escape directly into the general peritoneal cavity. OPERATION 5 causing peritonitis and death. In perfectly clean cases this risk is asmall o
Cesarean section . s this advantage of distinctly minor importance. Furthermore,it is evident that, in case of infection of the uterine incision, the peritonealcavity is to a certain extent protected by the fact that the uterine in-cision may become adherent to the abdominal wall, and if an abscessforms it can be drained with ease through the abdominal incision, oran extension of it, whereas, if the fundal incision were employed, theseptic material would escape directly into the general peritoneal cavity. OPERATION 5 causing peritonitis and death. In perfectly clean cases this risk is asmall one, but when there is the slightest doubt as to whether infectionis present or not, the transverse incision is absolutely contra-indicated. The only real advantage of this incision would seem to be in cases inwhich it is proposed to sterilize the patient by excision of the tubes fromthe uterine cornua, which can be accomplished by a single incision inthis location. The advantages gained by this method are,
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