Retroversion of the uterus appears to have been known to the ancients, as we find it alluded to by Hippocrates (De Nat.
In latter years, several cases of otherwise irreducible retroversion have thus been successfully relieved: the remedy, it is true, necessarily brings on premature expulsion of the foetus sooner or later.
Retroversion may also come on gradually, from "the uterus remaining too long in that situation which is natural to it when unimpregnated, namely, with its fundus inclined backwards.
In the treatment of retroversion of the uterus, our object should be, first, to remove the accumulated contents of the bladder and rectum, and secondly, to endeavour to restore the uterus to its natural position.
The danger in retroversion of the uterus chiefly arises from the distension or rupture of the bladder, and from the gangrenous inflammation which may then take place, not only in it, but also in the uterus and neighbouring parts.
We occasionally meet with cases of retroversionwhere the os uteri, although carried more or less upwards and forwards, is not forced, to that extreme height behind the symphysis pubis as is usually observed.
It will thus be seen how peculiarly liable the uterus is to retroversionduring the early months of pregnancy.
Cases have now and then been met with where the retroversion of the uterus has continued to an advanced period of pregnancy without producing serious injury to the patient: Dr.
Note: In retroversion the bending is gradual or curved; in retroflexion it is abrupt or angular.
Retroversion and retroflexion of the womb will be considered more minutely later on.
And in this very simple manner a retroversion is converted into a retroflexion.
And to insure against a retroversion or flexion, she must also lie on the abdomen a certain length of time during each twenty-four hours.
An extreme degree of anteversion or anteflexion, or retroversion or retroflexion, may interfere with impregnation, as the spermatozoa may find it difficult or impossible to reach the opening of the womb--the external os.
Retroversion when pathological is rarer than retroflexion.
Retroflexion is a bending over of the uterus backwards, and occurs as a complication of retroversion (or displacement backwards).
It is considered specially applicable to cases in which slightretroversion is complicated by moderate prolapsus.
If retroversion or retroflexion be present, then the posterior lip should be fixed.
The retroversion is more marked in the tibia of the new-born child than in that of the adult, and this appears to have a connection with the permanent bending of the knee during intra-uterine life.
The constipated condition of the bowels, often leads to congestion of the uterus and leucorrhea, followed by uterine debility, prolapsus, excessive menstruation, anteversion or retroversion of that organ.
Jumping, falling, or undue pressure from the contents of the abdomen, may suddenly cause retroversion of the uterus.
Retroversion is indicated by bearing-down pains in the loins and difficulty in evacuating the bowels.
Exercises for anteversion and retroversion supplied by a successful teacher of such work.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "retroversion" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
