CYSTOTOMY

n. Siast-o2t'o-mi2. Lat., cystotomia (from KV>- TI, the bladder, and renvfiv, to cut). Fr., cystotomie, incision de la ve ie. Ger., Blasenschnitt, Harnblasenschnitt, Blasenoffnung. It., cis to tomia. Sp., cis to tomia. An operation for gaining acce to the interior of the bladder through an incision, although, as in the perineal operation, the incision does not nece arily involve the wall of the bladder itself. [E.] Bilateral c. C. by means of a transverse perineal incision cro ing the median line. [E.] Colpoc. See Vaginal c. Colpo-uretero-c. Vaginal c. by means of an incision that exposes the orifice of a ureter, through which drainage of the pelvis of the kidney is then effected. [N. Bozeman, "Am. Jour, of the Med. Sci.," Mar., Apr., 1888, pp. 255, 368.] C. by cutting on the gripe. Lat., methudus celsiana. See APPARATUS minor. Lateral c. Lat., cystotomia lateral is. Fr., cystotomie laterale. Ger., Seitensteinschnitt. A form of perineal c. in which the incision is carried from the median line to one side, inperinseum. The incision involves the prostate, and the neck of the bladder is then stretched to admit of the extraction of a calculus. Perineal c. Fr., cystotomie per in eale. C. through the perinaeum. [E.] Pre-rectal c. Fr., cystotomie prerectale. See Median c. Rectal c., Recto-vesical c. Lat., sectio recto vesical is. Fr., cystotomie recto-vesicale, tattle posterieure. A method in which, after the external sphincter ani has been stretched, the bladder is incised between the prostate and the recto-vesical pouch, through the anterior wall of the rectum. [A, 385.] Suprapubic c. Lat., cystotomia hypogaslrica. Fr., cystotomie (ou taille) suspubienne. Ger., hoher Blasenschnitt. Syn.: epicystotomy, the high operation for stone. C. above the pubic bone and below the pre vesical peritoneal pouch. Vaginal c. Fr., taille vaginale, c. vagi no-vesicale. C. through the vesico-vaginal septum. [s. 497]