Principles of Extraperitoneal Caesarean Section

James V. Ricci and James Pratt Marr

Published by The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, 1942

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A NEAR FINE, bright, clean, tight copy. Dark brown buckram boards with gold gilt lettering on front cover and spine. From the authors' Preface: "This book impugns the past and is not without its challenge to the present. The last staunch defenders of the classical caesarean will find no solace here. The authors wish to make clear at the outset that their object is primarily to advance the extraperitoneal principle of caesarean section, particularly the Physick-Sellheim principle." CONTENTS (11 Chapters): I. The Extraperitoneal Principle of Caesarean Section (Gastro-Elytrotomy). II. Intra-Abonminal Lower Segment, Exclusion and Extraperitoneal Types of Caesarean (1906-1940). III. Anatomy and Histology of the Isthmus and the Lower Segment. IV. Anatomy and Histology of the Fascia and Its Relationship to the Bladder, Lower Segment and Peritoneum. V. Incisiions, Scars and Ruptures of the Lower Segment. VI. Methods of Delivery in the Extraperitoneal Caesarean. VII. Wound Infections and Methods of Drainage. VIII. Techniques of the Extraperitoneal Types of Caesarean. IX. Essential Factors in the Execution of the Physick-Sellheim Extraperitoneal Caesarean-A Recapitulation of Technical Minutiae. X. Extraperitoneal Caesarean in Patients Previously Caesareanized or Laparotomized. XI. Complications (Operative and Post-Operative). 224 pages. LH5.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Principles of Extraperitoneal Caesarean Section
• Publisher: The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1942
• Binding: Buckram
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket