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.
Ariel
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Pack Medical Foundation, New York, New York.
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