Abstract
F REQUENT reference is made in medical literature to intestinal obstruction occurring after suspension operations, but actually there are comparatively few cases reported. Usually this complication is mentioned by the authors only to prove that one type of operation is superior to another. The Baldy-Webster technique is used by many gynecologists on the assumption that it leaves no potential hernial openings in the peritoneal cavity and thus has a certain advantage over other operations. This may be true. The literature does not contain a su&iently comprehensive study of this very important problem to permit us to draw any conclusion as to which operation is least likely to cause subsequent intestinal complications, In the present state of our knowledge, this most important question canuot be answered. Since it is true, however, that many surgeons use the Baldy-Webster technique on the assumption that it eliminates this potential hazard, the following lcases of mechanical obstruction through hernial openings in the broad ligaments are reported.
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