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Title: Operative gynecology :
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Kelly, Howard A. (Howard Atwood), 1858-1943
Subjects: Gynecology Gynecology Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
Publisher: New York and London : D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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parts are red and swollen. was rapidly dissected away, the labia minora and the body of the clitoris beingremoved with it. The dissection was made from above downward by catch-ing the apex above with forceps and drawing it down, detaching the flap withrapid strokes of the Jmife. Six artery forceps had to be applied to bleeding VULVITIS PRURIGINOSA. 265 vessels. The bleeding from the cut crura of the clitoris was surprisingly small. No vessels were tied; all the hemorrhage was controlled by so placing the sutures approximating the edges of the wound as to catch the bleeding vessels in the loop, and then tying the sutures tightly. The outer surfaces of the labia were now drawn together above, and in as far as the vaginal outlet -on each side below, with silkworm gut sutures about 1 cm. apart. The line ofunion formed resembled an invertedY ( A) j the point of divergence be-ing 1 cm. above the urethra. Therewas no difficulty in covering the de-fect, and there was no tension on thesutures.
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