Obstetrics and gynecology

Classic pages in

Obstetrics

and Gynecology J. MARION

Amputation

SIMS

of the cervix uteri.

Transections

of the Medical

Society

of the State ot New

York,

pp. 367-371,

1861.

in which vaginal mucosa was used to cover The first report of amputation of the cervix, the stump. The patient, aged 46, had procidentia for 15 years which was not corrected by the use of pessaries. Fig. 2 shows placement of the silver wire sutures and Fig. 3 the completed repair. Sims’ publication popularized trachelectomy among gynecologists.

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