Interscapulo-mammothoracic amputation for advanced breast cancer.
The technique for a major amputation for far-advanced breast cancer is described. The indications are those patients who have exhausted all accepted forms of treatment and who have a fixed large and often ulcerated cancer affecting the axilla and usually making the arm useless. Several examples of patients on whom this operation was performed are presented.
Pack Medical Foundation, New York, New York.
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D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001132:Arm / Q000601:surgery*; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013524:Surgical Flaps