Identifier: americantextbook00norr (find matches)
Title: An American text-book of obstetrics. For practitioners and students
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Norris, Richard C. (Richard Cooper), 1863-1937 Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861-
Subjects: Obstetrics Obstetrics
Publisher: Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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idence of the uterine and pelvic axes. The obstruction to labordepends entirely upon the projection of the lumbar vertebrae. This projec-tion may be so slight as scarcely to influence the progress at all, or it may beso great as to make delivery by the natural channel quite impossible. There isnoticed in labor something of the same mechanism that is seen in the flatpelvis for the purpose of overcoming the obstruction—namely, decreasedflexion, transverse position, and exaggerated lateral inclination of the head.On account of the forward dislocation of the external genitalia and of thepelvic floor, lacerations of the latter are the rule, and the tears are often com-plete into the rectum. This liability to injury is explained by the fact thatthe presenting part impinges directly upon the middle of the pelvic floor asit descends the birth-canal, instead of being directed forward to the vulvarorifice. Fistula? of the anterior vaginal wall are likewise common, from the DYSTOCIA. Plate 34.
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1. Contracted outlet of a kyphotic pelvis (Barboun. 2. Kyphotic pelvis from above (Barbour). 3,4.Lumbo-sacral kyphosis (pelvis obtecta). 5. Asymmetrical contraction of the outlet from kyphoscoliosis.6-8. Types of scoliotic rachitic pelves. DYSTOCIA. 537 localized pressure to which this region is subjected while the head is passingthe obstruction at the inlet. The presenting part is thrown forward by theprojecting vertebra?, and is received upon the prominent ridge of the pubicbone, greater in height and higher in situation than in the normal pelvis. Treatment of Labor Obstructed by Spondylolisthetic Pelvis.—The manage-ment of labor in these cases is governed by the same principles that obtain inthe management of labor in a flat pelvis. If the effectiveconjugate is over 9.5 centimeters, the woman can be deliv-ered spontaneously, by forceps, or by version. With aneffective conjugate of between 7 and 9.5 contimeters theinduction of premature labor and the performance of sym-physiotomy

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