CHAPTER XI

THE AFTER-TREATMENT, RISKS, AND SEQUELÆ OF ABDOMINAL GYNÆCOLOGICAL OPERATIONS

After-treatment of Abdominal Operations, 93. Complications of Abdominal Gynæcological Operations--_Metrostaxis_, 95; _Bed-sores_, 95; _Post-anæsthetic Paralysis_, 95; _Giving way of the Wound_, 96; _Hæmorrhage_, 97; _Intrapelvic Hæmorrhage_, 98; _Pneumonia_, 99; _Parotitis_, 99; _Thrombosis_, 101; _Pulmonary Embolism_, 101; _Foreign Bodies left in the Abdomen_, 105; _Tetanus_, 107; _Injury to the Intestines_, 109; _Intestinal Obstruction_, 110; _Perforating Ulcer of the Stomach and Small Intestine_, 111; _Injuries to the Bladder_, 111; _to the Ureter_, 112. The fate of Ligatures, 117. Post-operative Kraurosis, 120. The Cicatrix, 120 93-122