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SALPINGITIS 1
Author(s) -
Greenslade Charles M.
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1938.tb02787.x
Subject(s) - salpingitis , medicine , gonorrhea , general surgery , sex organ , gynecology , surgery , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , genetics
Summary I hope I have been able to convince you: 1. Of the close relationship of salpingitis and gonorrhea. 2. Of the value of non‐operative measures in acute salpingitis. 3. Of the scope of the operation in chronic salpingitis. 4. Of the necessity of clearing up the lower genital and urethral infection while dealing with the salpingitis. 5. Of the importance of alterations in the menstrual flow, and of examination of the lower genital tract in the diagnosis of acute abdominal emergencies simulating salpingitis. 6. Of the need of cooperation between gynæcologist, surgeon and venereal specialist i n the management of salpingitis. In conclusion, the second object for which this College was established reads: “To promote the practice of surgery under proper conditions by securing the improvement of hospitals and hospital methods.” From my remarks you will have gathered, I think, that the surgery of gonorrhea in the female is not up to the standard of surgery in general. I believe that the establishment in each of the public hospitals of this country, and particularly in those outside the four main centres, of a department for the treatment of gonorrhea and its complications, under the charge of a surgeon or gynécologist, and provided with a specially trained nursing staff, would be a great advance in the direction of increasing their efficiency.