Springtime surgery / edited by D.M. Campbell.

Date:
1916
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Credit: Springtime surgery / edited by D.M. Campbell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    point at which the second operator would make his incision. The incision over the external ring is therefore more direct and the resulting wound less exten- sive, in which respect it is more conservative and preferable. The scrotal incision has the impor- tant advantage over the inguinal, in that the in- evitable movements of the thigh after the opera- tion disturb the cutaneous wound over the inguinal ring, but do not seriously involve the scrotal wound. We prefer the scrotal incision. Inguinal Cryptorchidism. — Having reached the loose areolar tissue in the external abdomi- nal ring, whether indirectly through a scrotal in- cision or directly through an inguinal wound, the operator, with his fingers in the form of a cone, and by means of a rotary motion, pushes the areolar tissues aside and cautiously advances his hand upwards, outwards and slightly forwards toward the internal inguinal ring, or the position which it should occupy. Care should be taken to note here the presence or absence of a dis- tinguishable gubernaculum testis, of the epididy- mis or of the testicle itself.
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