Clinical lectures on stricture of the urethra and other disorders of the urinary organs . FIFTH LECTURE. 69 here, or there is reason to believe that the instrumenthas deviated from its proper course, this moans ofassistance should never be forgotten. For, with thefinger thus, the hitch may be overcome, or the wrongposition of the instrument detected. When a false passage has been made, it is betterto suspend further instrumental treatment for somedays ; there is but little risk of extravasation of urineoccurring, as the direction of the laceration is contraryto that of the stream of urine. On
Clinical lectures on stricture of the urethra and other disorders of the urinary organs . FIFTH LECTURE. 69 here, or there is reason to believe that the instrumenthas deviated from its proper course, this moans ofassistance should never be forgotten. For, with thefinger thus, the hitch may be overcome, or the wrongposition of the instrument detected. When a false passage has been made, it is betterto suspend further instrumental treatment for somedays ; there is but little risk of extravasation of urineoccurring, as the direction of the laceration is contraryto that of the stream of urine. On resuming treatment,care will have to be taken to avoid the position of thefalse passage, as, by repeatedly opening it up, it maybe converted into a sinus. As I have already stated,false passages are usually made in the floor of theurethra. I pointed out an exception to this in thecase of a patient who had an old false passage leadingfrom the upper wall of his urethra ; this, however, wasso far satisfactorily explained to me as having beencaused by the patient in using an instrument li
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