V. Suprapubic Lithotomy

Suprapubic Lithotomy

To the Editor of " The Indian Mkdical Gazette." Sir,?In accordance with the wishes of the late DirectorGeneral, Indian Medical Service, 1 trust you will publish the following statement of five cases oi supra-pubic lithotomy in children. In all <12 cases of stone have been operated on here during the past year, and the l>irge ProPortion of supra-pubic operations was due to difficulties met with ...

The Revival of Suprapubic Lithotomy in England

ted to the favourable consideration of British Surgeons by its distinguished advocate, Sir Henry Thompson, as the best method of dealing with very large stones in adult males and youths, it was suddenly seized upon by a number of: in-experienced lithotomists, as the safest method in their hands, of dealing with small stones in male children, and the good old lateral lithotomy which had stood th...

Lithotomy

To the Editor of the '?'?Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?Dr. Partridge, in his letter on Lithotomy Statistics in the March number of your paper, says, "since coming here to Assam I have never heard or met with a case of stone in the bladder, nor has any other medical man done so either, as far as I am aware." For the benefit of Surgeons in Assam I would beg to state that, during the past year, I ...

Lithotomy Statistics

Sir,?Several letters have lately appeared in the Indian Medical Gazette on Lithotomy Statistics in India, comparing the mortality of lithotomy with lithotrity and drawing attention to the high mortality in these operations in India. As far as my experience goes, I do not think the first operation so serious a one as is supposed. I have performed this operation (lithotomy) some 70 times, when I ...

Suprapublic Lithotomy