SUPRAPUBIC CYSTOTOMY FOR VESICAL CALCULUS

Large Encysted Vesical Calculus, Litholapaxy, Suprapubic Cystotomy

Vesical Calculus

Sir,?In my notes on Vesical Calculus last month I said that if necessary to get a large enough wound in the bladder, it was preferable to open the peritoneum rather than cut down behind the symphysis. I have just had a case?the first?where this was necessary. The stone weighed 12 oz. and measured 3J" X 2f" x 2g" and the bladder was contracted on it. The peritoneum was reflected well back past t...

Vesical Calculus

Vesical calculus is very common among the inhabitants of the villages in the districts of Nagode and Oocheyra, in Bundelcund, and it is not much to he wondered at, as they are usuallv wretchedly poor, subsisting on various kinds of inferior grain and rice, and drinking the water of the tanks and wells, which are often loaded with various impurities, including salts of lin e, &c., so that oxalic...

Cases of Vesical Calculus

gers. 4. Calculus present on sounding. Treatment.?Castor-oil 3'i.i at ni^lit. Enema of soap and water in the morning. 15tli March 1890.?Lateral lithotomy under chloroform after sounding once again, when calculus was present. The operation was straightforward and took about 15 minutes. Calculus oval in form ; yellow in colour ; flat surfaces Y x 1"; weight 30 grains composed of urates. After tre...

An unusual vesical calculus.

We report a 52 year old patient presenting with a bladder stone formed over a migrated intrauterine device (Copper-T). Her history was pertinent for intrauterine contraceptive (IUCD) device placement 10 years back. Investigations included plain ultrasound of abdomen, X-ray of abdomen, urinalysis, and urine culture. Ultrasound and plain X-ray of the pelvis confirmed a bladder stone formed over a...