Slight Lacerations of the Perinæum

On Rupture of the Perinæum

Nonobstetric lacerations of the vagina.

Although obstetrically related trauma remains the most common cause of injury to the female genital tract, trauma of nonobstetric origin is not uncommon. Reports of traumatic injuries to the vagina, especially lacerations, have been infrequent in the literature and offer only a generalized approach to this problem. Severe vaginal lacerations may result in life-threatening blood loss. The author...

The Slight Surprise of Integration

Western hospitals of some size are characterized by a proliferation of nonintegrated information systems, resulting in considerable frustration both among users and information technology personnel. Consequently there have been many integration efforts. Such efforts typically include some or all of the four principle classes of hospital-based systems: electronic patient records, laboratory syst...

The Connection between Laceration of the Perinæum and Prolapsus Uteri

our Society. In that paper it was denied that laceration of the perinaeum had anything to do with prolapsus uteri; and altogether this part of the female, in relation to this displacement, was, in my humble estimation, by far too lightly esteemed. I most certainly believe that the peringeum plays a very useful part, though by no means the most important one, in the way of supporting the uterus;...

The Function of the Perinæum in Procidentia Uteri