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METHOD OF APPLICATION

SIDNEY YANKAUER, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1926;12(1):247-256.

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The method of treatment of carcinoma of the esophagus which I am using is as follows: As soon as the diagnosis has been made by the esophagoscope and the distance of the carcinoma from the upper teeth has been measured, the next thing to be done is the gastrostomy. During the time it takes for the tube to become free the carcinoma has lost some of its inflammatory swelling; then a string is swallowed by the patient and fished out of the gastrostomy wound. If the patient cannot swallow the string it may have to be pushed through with the esophagoscope.

When the string has been fished out of the stomach the rest of the procedure is simple if the radium is contained in a radium chain. This chain consists of several links which are preferably made of platinum but can also be made of brass, in which the desired . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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