. National Eclectic Medical Association quarterly. view that the tumor is much larger than thatof the head and that it extends out beyond the shoulder, the whole mass re-moved weighing about fifteen pounds. The patient made a very speedylecovery with very little deformity and with but a slight paralysis, scarcelynoticeable in the features. These enormous growths of the sarcoma onlyemphasize the importance of an early diagnosis and a strong recommendationfor immediate surgical interference, as the growths will eventually destroythemselves and the patient. If they are early removed, with a compl
. National Eclectic Medical Association quarterly. view that the tumor is much larger than thatof the head and that it extends out beyond the shoulder, the whole mass re-moved weighing about fifteen pounds. The patient made a very speedylecovery with very little deformity and with but a slight paralysis, scarcelynoticeable in the features. These enormous growths of the sarcoma onlyemphasize the importance of an early diagnosis and a strong recommendationfor immediate surgical interference, as the growths will eventually destroythemselves and the patient. If they are early removed, with a completeenucleation, then there is little danger of a recurrence. The best methodof assailing these large tumors is to commence the line of your incision atthe apex of the tumor, making an elliptical incision downward a sufficientdistance, so that in the enucleation and the pulling outward of the tumorthe blood-vessels may be seen and secured with hemostats before they aresevered. By so doing very little loss of blood ensues; hence little shock and a. Ftc. 4.—Mrs A. The wound surfaces placed in apposition for suturingby the use of tenacula hook forceps.
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