RT Journal
A1 ALLEN DP
T1 EXstrophy of the bladder.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1899
FD July 29
VO XXXIII
IS 5
SP 258
OP 260
DO 10.1001/jama.1899.92450570011002c
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.92450570011002c
AB In presenting to this Association a case of exstrophy of the bladder, it is not my purpose to enter on a prolonged discussion nor into a lengthy historic sketch of the various operations which have been proposed for its relief. I wish simply to present a case on which I have operated, that it may be added to others operated on in the same way, and thus bear evidence of the success of this method of treatment. It may be in place, however, in presenting the case, to speak very briefly of the various operations which have been introduced for the relief of the malady, together with some of the objections to them.All methods which have been introduced for the formation of a covering for the exposed mucous membrane of the bladder have two objections. The first is that, although by covering the exposed mucous membrane they preserve it