Arterial ligation for irremovable cancer of pelvic organs : technic adapted and amplified / by William Seaman Bainbridge.

  • Bainbridge, William Seaman, 1870-1947.
Date:
[1911?]
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Credit: Arterial ligation for irremovable cancer of pelvic organs : technic adapted and amplified / by William Seaman Bainbridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    » / R OF PELVIC ORGANS. ies sd. Effect Upon: ^ 1. Pain. 'V - d 2. Fetor. Jj 3. Discharge. ( ^ JJ 4. Hemorrhage. / 5. Extension of Process. 6. General Conditions. Result. Remarks. liacs. jia. 1. Mitigated. 2. Distinctly lessened. 3. Distinctly lessened. 4. Completely controlled. 5. Doubtful. 6. Markedly improved. Died August 1909 Patient was very much weakened from hemorrhage, which had been almost con¬ tinuous for several weeks. General con¬ dition, which had been very poor, was distinctly improved after operation. Dis¬ ease gradually progressed to fatal issue, but there was no further hemorrhage. acs. 1. Entirely relieved for several months. 2. Lessened. 3. Lessened. 4. Controlled. 5. Doubtful. 6. Improved. Died May, 1910. Patient considered hereself cured for a number of months. She did her house¬ work, and refused to consider herself an invalid. Finally, in March, 1910, the bladder perforated into the vagina, giving rise to almost constant dribbling of urine. Gradually grew weaker. No recurrence of hemorrhage. iacs. 1. Lessened. 2. Lessened. 3. Lessened. 4. Controlled. 5. Apparently checked. 6. Greatly improved. Died Oct. 23, 1910. Severe pain and almost continuous hemor¬ rhage were the prominent symptoms in this case. The pain was so much relieved that it could be kept under control by small doses of opiates. There was no re¬ turn of the free hemorrhage. Metastases occurred in the abdomen, becoming palp¬ able in August, 1910, and later obstructing the bowels. The improvement was strik¬ ing for a year. liacs. Negative. \ Died Aug. 9, 1909. No difficulty was experienced at operation, and patient was returned to ward ap¬ parently in good condition. Death oc¬ curred suddenly four days later, presum¬ ably from cerebral embolism. Clinical symptoms did not indicate peritonitis. liacs. dia. 1. Mitigated. 2. Lessened. 3. Lessened. 4. Completely controlled, until one month before death. 5. Doubtful. 6. Improved. Died July 11, 1910. Patient was up and about until four weeks before she died. On June 11, 1910, there was considerable hemorrhage. Hemor¬ rhage from this time until death. liacs. dia. 1. Somewhat lessened. 2. Somewhat lessened. 3. Somewhat lessened. 4. Completely controlled. 5. No effect. 6. Improved. Sent to City Hospital, March 10, 1910; Died May 15, 1910. This was not a suitable case for any opera¬ tive procedure, but the severe hemorrhages and the fear of her death from hemorrhage, on the part of patient and family, led to the ligation operation as the last hope of relief. An impending vesico-vaginal fistula developed, and the disease pro¬ gressed to a fatal issue. : liacs. ?dia. 1. Mitigated. 2. Lessened.* 3. Lessened. 4. Completely controlled. 5. Apparently checked. 6. Improved. Discharged April 2, 191C Living, March 12, 1911. Repeated severe hemorrhages had greatly weakened patient. After operation she gained flesh and strength, and was able to do light housework. She was present at the clinic April 20, 1910. Is still living; up and around (March 12, 1911).