FORMATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL ANUS.

Extra-Peritoneal Closure of Artificial Anus and Fæcal Fistula

description of it may be acceptable. The aim of the operation is to perform enterorraphy without opening the general peritoneal cavity; and this is managed by detaching from the parietes all round the fistula or anus sufficient peritoneum to permit delivery of the gut through a parietal incision without separating it from its peritoneal adhesions. It is unnecessary to emphasise the importance o...

An accessory limb with an imperforate anus

Congenital accessory limbs are very rare anomalies with many causative factors. We describe the case of a 1-day-old female neonate-born to a healthy, 27-year-old mother-who presented with an accessory limb (foot) attached to the buttock and an imperforate anus. We also provide a review of the relevant literature.

VIII. Formation of an Artificial Vagina by Intestinal Transplantation.

Penetrating Abdominal Wound with Protrusion of Lacerated Intestine: Artificial Anus Temporarily Established: Ultimate Complete Recovery

Civil Surgeon, Ghaziporc. On the 16th November 1878 a Hindu lad, aged 10 years, was admitted into the Azamgarh Hospital, suffering from a laige wound of the abdominal wall with extensive protrusion of the viscera. The history of the case was this. On the morning of the previous day, whilst wading across the river Surju, the depth of which at that point was between three and four feet, he was bi...

Case of Strangulated Inguinal Hernia, with Gangrene of the Gut: Recovery, with Artificial Anus

of great prostration and suftering. He was scarcely able to speak, but bis friends stated that the rupture came down 12 days before, and since then he had not been able to return it into the cavity of the abdomen. During all that time there had been no passage from his boweta, and up to within two days of his admission he had vomited severely. I was unable to ascertain whether the vomiting was ...