royal stitch
Surgery historical
noun
An operation for the treatment of an inguinal hernia, involving the closure of the hernial sac, or of its neck, with sutures and intended to preserve the testis on the affected side.
- The name ‘royal’ was applied to this operation by Fabricius ab Aquapendente (Opera Chirurgica (1620) I. lxxii. 290): qui sane curandi modus inculpatus, ac regius dici potest..
Origin
Mid 18th century.