A Case of Ovariotomy
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A Hindu woman, aged 42, a multipara, came to Bijaya Hospital, Dungarpur and stated that she was suffering from a growth in her abdomen for 23 years. She added that at first this growth had appeared on the left side and since then has continued to fill the abdominal cavity gradually. She has been a woman of thin constitution but has been in fairly good health. Operation.?An incision in the median line 4 in. long below the umbilicus was made dividing the skin and fat. The sheath of the rectus muscles was opened and thq recti were separated. After that an incision was made in the peritoneum and as soon as the peritoneal cavity was entered, the tumour was surveyed by hand all
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