Right hemi-thyroidectomy for cystic adenoma.

Date:
1950
  • Film

About this work

Description

This film shows a thyroidectomy operation for the removal of a cyst on a woman. The wound is sewn up using black silk threat and then secured using staple-like clips. Then, this is swabbed with iodine. The clips are gradually removed and then the patient is shown over the course of several weeks; the wound scar is scarely visible.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified], 1950.

Physical description

2 film reels (10 min. ea) : sil, color, 16 mm

Copyright note

Unknown.

Notes

Both film reels are acetic and stored in fridge B.
Operation performed by Bernard J. Ficarra M.D. from the Department of Surgery, St. Peter's Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.

Creator/production credits

Photographed by James A. Weeks, New York, NY.

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    BMA969
    		By appointmentManual request
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