Removal of Large Vesical Calculus by Litholapaxy

Large Encysted Vesical Calculus, Litholapaxy, Suprapubic Cystotomy

The Suprapubic Operation or Litholapaxy

To the Editor of "The Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?Lieut.-Colonel Vivian B. Bennett, in his important article 011 the treatment of vesical calculus which appeared in last November's issue of this Gazette, wrote : " In the Indian Medical Gazette of last June, Keegan has written a paper objecting strongly to the Suprapubic Operation." If Liieut.-Colonel Bennett will peruse my paper he will find ...

Lithotrity and Litholapaxy

Sir,?I doubt if the proposal which Major C. Duer put forward in his letter headed " Litliotrity and Litholapaxy" in last November issue of The Indian Medical Gazette will find much favour among men of our service interested in the surgery of vesical calculus. We have used the designation 'litholapaxy' in India for the last thirty years to the almost total exclusion of the word ' lithotrity.' I ...

A Case of Litholapaxy with a Peculiar Complication

In spite of all this manipulation the peritoneum remained intact. The upper part of the wound was closed with sutures, while through the lower part a drainage tube was passed into the bladder. Stimulants, &c., were given to the patient, and the wound was dressed frequently. On the 10th his temperature was 100?, and he suffered from some pain in the vesical region. He was very weak, and was appa...

Litholapaxy in Young Children with Suggestions for a Modified Evacuating Apparatus

It is, or should be, the ambition of every surgeon who is called to treat cases of vesical calculus, to reduce the number of cutting operations to a minimum. Especially is this true as regards young children, and anything which will tend to facilitate the rapid as well as save evacuation of debris from the bladder after lithotrity, will help to render litholapaxy the routine operation even to t...