Clinical report : 1948 / British Hospital for Mothers and Babies Woolwich.

  • British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (Woolwich, London, England)
Date:
1948
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Credit: Clinical report : 1948 / British Hospital for Mothers and Babies Woolwich. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cases of Special Interest. 97. Inversion of Uterus. Primagravida, aet. 30 ; primary uterine inertia, labour 122 hours, terminated by manual rotation and forceps. Brisk haemorr¬ hage 15 minutes later, treated by manual removal (“difficult”). Membranes retained, so hand re-introduced, and fundus found inverted to external os. Fundus replaced but inversion recurred and a second replacement was not possible. The patient was trans¬ fused and given penicillin. The inversion had undergone spon¬ taneous reduction by the 6th day. 425. Persistent Transverse Presentation. Skiagram taken at thjjty-fourth week to discover the cause of the persistent transverse. Anencephaly discovered ; no other factor. Labour induced by rupture of membranes. Internal version impossible; decapitation performed. Head then found to be inseparably fused to the placenta. Both were manually removed together. Cord measured about two inches.