On the treatment of the pedicle in supra-vaginal hysterectomy / by George Granville Bantock.

  • Bantock, George Granville, 1837-1913.
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[1887]
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Credit: On the treatment of the pedicle in supra-vaginal hysterectomy / by George Granville Bantock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE TREATMENT OF TEE PEDICLE IN SUPRA-VAGrINAL HYSTERECTOMY. BY GEORGE GRANVILLE BANTOOK, M. D., London. Mr. President.—The surgical treatment of fibroid tu- mors of the u.erus by abdominal section has, within the last ten years, attrc '•ted a great deal of the attention of gyne- cologists. It is not within the scope of this paper that I should take up any of your time with a pathological dissertation as a pre- liminary to the more practical subject to which I intend to confine myself—for it would be as unprofitable as it would be tedious—neither is it my intention to inflict upon you any arguments for or against the operation in question, with the view of indicating what cases should, in my opinion, be operated on, and what cases should be let alone. Nor shall I say anything on the question of oophorectomy versus hysterectomy. These subjects are important divisions of the great subject of the surgical treatment of uterine fibroids by abdominal section, and afford, each in itself, ample material for separate discussion. But I shall assume that the case has been discussed in all its bearings, and that it has been decided to remove the tumors by abdominal section. It can not be denied that considerable progress has been made within the last few years in the direction of perfecting this operation, and I think it will be conceded that that progress has rested mainly on the mode of treating the pedicle, or what stands for the pedicle. That I regard as the most important step in the operation, and that is the subject of my paper.