Report of five cases of uterine retrodisplacement treated by vaginal fixation (Mackenrodt) / by Frederick Holme Wiggin.

  • Wiggin, Frederick Holme, 1853-
Date:
1896
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Credit: Report of five cases of uterine retrodisplacement treated by vaginal fixation (Mackenrodt) / by Frederick Holme Wiggin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    UTERINE RETRODISPLACEMENT TREATED BY YAGINAL FIXATION (MACKENRODT).* By FREDERICK HOLME WIGGIN, M. D., VISITING GYNECOLOGIST TO THE NEW YORK CITY HOSPITAL, AND SURGEON TO ST. ELIZABETH’S HOSPITAL. During the last few years, differences of opinion have been so great as to the proper method of treating retrodisplacements of the uterus which give rise to symp- toms, by operative measures, that reports of cases, espe- cially those treated by the more recent procedures, are of interest, and will be useful in helping us to form an opin- ion as to the best method for relieving this, at times, an- noying local trouble. Vagino-fixation, followed by Curettage, Oo- phorectomy, and Appendicitis.—B. S., a married woman, twenty-seven years of age, was admitted to the gynaecological ward of the City Hospital, No- vember 22, 1895. She stated that her first men- strual period occurred during her fifteenth year, that the menstrual flow was regular, of the tri- # Read before the Society of Alumni of Bellevue Hospital, March 4, 1896. Copyright. 1896, by D. Appleton and Company