. Hospital Bulletin . oulder was foundto be markedly swollen, and the upper end of thehumerus distinctly enlarged. Sarcoma was sus-pected and a skiagraph ordered. The radiographshowed that our suspicions were correct. Thepatient was, therefore, advised to have a resectionmade of the shoulder and a bone implantationdone. He consented, and on June 30 was takento the operating room and a resection begun, butthe surrounding soft tissues were found so in-vaded that after ligating the axillary vessels aninterscapulo-thoracic amputation was made. Thepost operative course was smooth, and the pa-tient
. Hospital Bulletin . oulder was foundto be markedly swollen, and the upper end of thehumerus distinctly enlarged. Sarcoma was sus-pected and a skiagraph ordered. The radiographshowed that our suspicions were correct. Thepatient was, therefore, advised to have a resectionmade of the shoulder and a bone implantationdone. He consented, and on June 30 was takento the operating room and a resection begun, butthe surrounding soft tissues were found so in-vaded that after ligating the axillary vessels aninterscapulo-thoracic amputation was made. Thepost operative course was smooth, and the pa-tient left the hospital August 1, 1913, with thewound completely healed, and in excellent physi-cal condition. He has been heard from only re-cently, and writes he is enjoying excellent course, it is too soon to state that a perma-nent cure has been effected, but certainly twoyears of life in excellent condition is worth therisk taken in undergoing an operation of suchmagnitude. At operation the contiguous tissues. Fig.
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