. National Eclectic Medical Association quarterly. Fir,. }\.—Sarcoma of cervical gland. SURGERY OF THE THFROID GLAND. 201 .speedy recovery of the patient; while if there is great delay in the removalif the sarcoma, and they break down and make a departure from theirencapsulated sac, other tissues become involved, and then the removal of thesarcoma is of little avail. In Fig. 10 we have an illustration of a patient with a combined sarcomaof the parotid and cervical glands, without any advance or lesion of thethyroid. An elliptical incision was made in this case from the apex of thetumor downwar
. National Eclectic Medical Association quarterly. Fir,. }\.—Sarcoma of cervical gland. SURGERY OF THE THFROID GLAND. 201 .speedy recovery of the patient; while if there is great delay in the removalif the sarcoma, and they break down and make a departure from theirencapsulated sac, other tissues become involved, and then the removal of thesarcoma is of little avail. In Fig. 10 we have an illustration of a patient with a combined sarcomaof the parotid and cervical glands, without any advance or lesion of thethyroid. An elliptical incision was made in this case from the apex of thetumor downward to near its base, just underneath the ear, and this skin,with the ear reflected backward and the apex of the tumor pulled forward,.nd downward and the exposed blood vessels secured and the nerves pushedto one side uninjured. Enough tissue was gathered from over the regionof the parotid to make a nice smooth coaptation of the incised wound with-out leaving much of a scar, and the patient made an uninterrupted recov-ery without paralysis, and t
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