Download or read book The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 3 written by George W. Kosmak and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 3: January, 1922-June, 1922 The most recent statistics of the postoperative results of amputation of the cervix and trachelorrhaphy are those of Leonard8 which are based on replies to circular letters received from 128 of 400 cases of amputation of the cervix, performed during the preceding twenty years, and from 39 of the cases of trachelorrhaphy, performed during the preceding ten years, in the Gynecological Clinic of the Johns Hop kins Hospital. The method of operation in this series of cases was either almost without exception, a high amputation from to 8' cm. Of the cervix above the external os being removed or the classical trachelorrhaphy' of Emmet. The indications governing the selection of the method of operation was almost invariably to ampu tate a cervix badly infected or one showing multiple lacerations and to use trachelorrhaphy in those cases presenting one or two more or less discrete lacerations and without a marked endocervicitis Sturm dorf, after giving a summary of Leonard's conclusions says, accept ing these data from authoritative sources, as a correct exposition of facts, the Obvious deduction is, that with chronic endocervicitis as the recognized pathologic indicator, trachelorrhaphy is an inadequate, and cervix amputation an injurious, operation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.