Identifier: breastitsanomali00deav (find matches)
Title: The breast: its anomalies, its diseases, and their treatment
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Deaver, John B. (John Blair), 1855-1931
Subjects: Breast Breast X-rays Breast Diseases Breast Neoplasms Radiotherapy
Publisher: Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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Fig. 232.—Illustrating the Rodman operation for mammary carcinoma. Appearance of the woundafter removal of the breast, muscles and axillary mass.
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Fig. 233.—Illustrating the Rodman operation for mammary carcinoma. Operation completed. 6i4 THE BREAST The Stewart Operation.—Stewart says that the operation devised by him, and de-scribed below, embodies the principles laid down by Halsted, with the following: theaxilla is attacked first in order to determine the extent of the lymphatic involvement andthe feasibihty of radical treatment (Gross); in order to secure, once for all, at their origin,the blood-vessels supplying the breast thus minimizing hemorrhage, economizing time,and preventing shock (Meyer); in order to suppress lymphatic drainage as early as possibleand prevent neoplastic dissemination (Gerster); and in order to leave the breast as awarm covering for the thorax until the final stage of the operation. The incision permitsfree exposure, including the subscapular space which is sometimes neglected; does notrun on to the arm or through the axilla, in which situations a contracting scar may inter-fere with the function

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