Presacral neurectomy

Presacral neurectomy

Sherman and Ruth: Eclampsia : Maternity Hospital, p. 140. A Review of 173 Cases Studied at St. Louis During the period from lY% to 1951, l&5 cases...

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Sherman and Ruth: Eclampsia : Maternity Hospital, p. 140.

A Review

of 173 Cases Studied

at St. Louis

During the period from lY% to 1951, l&5 cases fulfilling the criteria for tlrc diagnosis of eclanlpsia were seen at the St. Louis Maternity liuspital. Five cases of eclxmpsin superimposed on existing hypertrllsion or chronic ~Jolllerlllonepllritis are excluded fr,,r,l tl,,, series. There were 3 instances of “rclampsia wit haul ronvnlsiorl.” The inciilenw, n~ortalit,y, treatment, iind prognosis of these casts are tal)ulatrtl all11 (li?;cllssed. The allthor,q collclnde that the most nnportant. lesson gainetl from this study is the advantage cl-f C.,,n.