On the results of thyrotomy for the removal of growths from the larynx ... / by Morell Mackenzie.
- Morell Mackenzie
- Date:
- 1873
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the results of thyrotomy for the removal of growths from the larynx ... / by Morell Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Secondly. That in cases of cancer the operation is useless, except where the growth is very small and distinctly circumscribed. Thirdly. That the operation should be confined to those cases in which there is danger to life from suffocation or dysphagia, and then only be performed after an experienced laryngoscopist has pronounced it impossible to remove the growth per vias naturales. [The reader's attention is directed to the appended Table opposite.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20415503_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
