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Title: The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Crossen, Harry Sturgeon, 1869-
Subjects: Genital Diseases, Female Gynecology Gynecology Women Generative organs, Female
Publisher: St. Louis : Mosby
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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repair, but when the cystic degeneration is extensive, excision of the wholecystic area is advisable. The line of excision is made superficial or deep, as neces-sary to include the cystic portion of the cervix (Figs. 560, 561). Steps in the operation. The preparations are the same as for repair of the cervix 558 DISEASES OF THE UTERUS and the same instruments are required. When the cervix- is exposed with thespeculum^ it is grasped with tanaculum-forceps, one being fastened in theanterior lip and the other in the posterior hp. The cervix is then spht on each side, sufficiently to per-mit access to the cysticarea of each lip (Fig.562-A). In a deeply-lac-erated cervix this maynot be needed. An incis-ion is then made acrossthe inner surface of thebase of the anterior lip, ex-tending through the dis-eased layer (Fig. 562-B).An incision is then madeacross the front marginof the anterior lip andis continued down in thecervical tissue to theother incision just men-tioned (Figs. 562-C, 561).
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Pig. 659. Cross-section of a Cervix wliich is the seat ofDegeneration. a. Dilated gland-cavities, forming small cysts.cervical canal. (Pryor, after Cornil—Pelvic Inflammation.)

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