Accidental Wounds of the Female Bladder

Abstract

Accidental opening of the bladder has, for many years, been considered one of the most serious accidents that could occur in the course of the complicated work which gynecic surgeons are often called on to do. It was not until 1886 that a successful case of intraperitoneal suture of the bladder was recorded by Sir William MacCormac and Mr. George Heaton, while White, in the course of an article in Dennis' "Surgery," states his belief that sutures placed in the wall of the bladder for the purpose of closing extraperitoneal wounds of the viscus are useless. This, coupled with the fact that there are on record comparatively few cases of injuries to the bladder successfully treated by suture, while accidents of this nature must be of common occurrence, makes it important that all individual experience bearing on this subject should be recorded. Injuries to the inferior surfaces of the bladder