Present status of operations for cancerous uteri / Howard A. Kelly.

  • Kelly, Howard A. (Howard Atwood), 1858-1943.
Date:
1900?]
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Credit: Present status of operations for cancerous uteri / Howard A. Kelly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    0 ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE BODY. Gyn. No. Gyn. Path. No. Time since operation. Years. Months. 2436 100 6 0 2817 321 5 6 2832 345 5 6 2934 392 5 4 Sanitarium. 944 4 0 4262 1133 and 1137 3 8 Dr. Eccles. 1154 and 1192 3 8 Sanitarium. 1349 3 7 Sanitarium. 1350 3 5 4745 1358 3 0 4746 1359 3 2 Sanitarium. 1412 and 1414 2 9 4922 1473 1 11 5876 2161 and 2183 1 10 5958 2238 1 9 6008 2279 and 2283 1 8 6535 2291 and 2750 1 1 6581 2797 0 11 6659 2897 0 11 Of the patients with adenocarcinoma of the cervix who are well at the present time, one was operated on five years and seven months, the other five years and three months ago. SQUAMOUS CARCINOMA OF THE CERVIX. Gyn. No. Gyn. Path. No. Time since operation. Years. Months. 2294 78 6 2 2452 109 6 0 4489 1244 3 6 4806 1384 and 1396 3 1 5266 1764 2 6 5577 1936 2 3 5853 2142 and 2152 1 10 5959 2263 1 9 6368 2611 1 3 6492 2706 1 0 Sanitarium. 2771 1 11 6560 2782 and 2794 1 0 6656 2890 0 10 I advance no other argument than the bare presenta¬ tion of these facts: 17 out of 31/. 'patients are well with¬ out any sign of a recurrence, at periods extending from three to six years, and 8 over five years since operation— an eloquent tribute to the success of the radical opera¬ tion, which would still be justifiable if only a far smaller percentage of the number could be saved from a life of such dreadful suffering with its inevitable outcome.