PARTS CONCERNED IN LITHOTOMY. 847 and weight, of a calculus in the bladder ; and in the operation for its removal, if, as is not unfrequently the case, it should be lodged behind an enlarged pros- tate, it may be displaced from its position by pressing upwards the base of the bladder from the… … Parts concerned in the Operation of Lithotomy. The triangular ligament must be replaced and the rectum drawn forwards so as to occupy its normal position. The student should then consider the position of the various parts in reference to the lateral operation of lithotomy. This operation is…
Human anatomy
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