214 CANINE MEDICINE AND SURGERY 



Preparation. — Perform laparotomy in the median 

 line in the bitch, to one side of the penis in the dog, 

 the incision extending forward from the brim of the 

 pelvis. 



Technic. — Bring the bladder up into the wound, 

 incise it, and extract the calculus. Suture the vesical 

 wound with two rows of Czerny-Lembert sutures, 

 taking care not to suture the mucous membrane. 

 Close the abdominal wound as in laparotomy. 



