Surgical treatment; a practical treatise on the therapy of surgical diseases for the use of practitioners and students of surgery . Fig. 907.—Operation for Epithelioma of Lip. Fourth after closure of incisions. wound from mouth secretions. A drain should be placed in either side of theneck. In cases of more extensive growth, involving the whole lip, the primary 250 SURGICAL TREATMENT incisions may be wider (Fig. 908) (see Plastic Operations, Vol. Ill, andSurgery of the Neck, Vol. II, page 360). In early cases of disease of one side only the neck operation may be con-fined to one s
Surgical treatment; a practical treatise on the therapy of surgical diseases for the use of practitioners and students of surgery . Fig. 907.—Operation for Epithelioma of Lip. Fourth after closure of incisions. wound from mouth secretions. A drain should be placed in either side of theneck. In cases of more extensive growth, involving the whole lip, the primary 250 SURGICAL TREATMENT incisions may be wider (Fig. 908) (see Plastic Operations, Vol. Ill, andSurgery of the Neck, Vol. II, page 360). In early cases of disease of one side only the neck operation may be con-fined to one side; in older cases both sides should be operated upon. Inrecurrent cases, following the old-fashioned V operation, a wide dissection. Fig. 908.—Operation for More Extensive Epithelioma of the of incision. may be made and life saved. Apparently hopeless cases may be cured byboldness of dissection. The amount of tissue that may be removed from theneck is very great. One carotid artery one deep jugular vein, one pneumo-gastric nerve, the larynx, trachea, lower jaw, tongue, esophagus, muscles,lymphatics and skin may be removed if necessary to save life.
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