title: Grandpa's radical neck surgery: a historical memory.
abstract: This article is a professional and personal stroll down memory lane. The sister authors investigated one of the first radical neck procedures for cancer, performed in the early 1950s on their grandfather. The historical Operating Room Nurse role is briefly reviewed, and some of the effects of the surgery on the family are discussed. The surgeries today on ears, nose, and throat would not be possible without the brave pioneer patients, physicians, and nurses of the past.
authors.affiliation: Acute Nursing Care Department, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Swope
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Girard
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000266:history*; D011184:Postoperative Period