A woman in the lithotomy ( lying on her back, legs elevated ) is more than likely not going to push a larger than average baby out, due to the size of outlet that this position creates.
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His last remark as to lithotomy led his surgical colleague, James Earle, to write a defence of the operation, in which he states that Austin afterwards modified his gloomy views as to the treatment of stone.
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He contributed to the " Guy's Hospital Reports " papers on hernia, lithotomy, and other subjects; and he edited the second edition of Sir Astley Cooper's work on hernia, 1827.
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Apprenticed to the surgeon William Donne, who was noted for skill in lithotomy, he became a medical student at a number of universities, then returned in 1777 to become Donne's partner, and carried on his speciality.
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The patient is placed in a special position in a lithotomy operating table, called the lithotomy position ( which, curiously, retains this name until the present day, when the same position is used for other unrelated medical procedures ).
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The patient is placed in a special position in a lithotomy operating table, called the lithotomy position ( which, curiously, retains this name until the present day, when the same position is used for other unrelated medical procedures ).
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In 1729, while visiting St . Thomas's Hospital in London, he had the opportunity to learn William Cheselden's new procedure for stone cut, the lateral perineal lithotomy, a procedure that involved filling the bladder with water.
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Its most famous text is the Su [ ruta, which is notable for describing procedures on various forms of surgery, including rhinoplasty, the repair of torn ear lobes, perineal lithotomy, cataract surgery, and several other excisions and other surgical procedures.
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Birth positions favored in natural childbirth including squatting, hands and knees, or suspension in water contrast with the lithotomy position ( woman in hospital bed on her back with legs in stirrups ), which has consistently been shown to slow and complicate labor.
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Now the diagnosis has been confirmed by either cystoscopy or a prior urethrography, the patient is placed in the lithotomy position, and the urinary meatus is cleansed with an appropriate surgical cleansing agent ( scrub ), usually containing Povidone-iodine, then surgically draped.
