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Halsted's operation II
Also known as:
Rotter-Halsted operation
Associated persons:
William Stewart Halsted
Josef Rotter
Description:
Excision of entire breast and skin together with pectoralis major and minor muscles as well as lymphatic bearing tissue in the axilla, and various other tissues.
Bibliography:
- W. S. Halsted:
The results of operations for the cure of cancer of the breast performed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from June, 1899, to January, 1894.
Johns Hopkins Hospital Reports, 1894-1895, 4: 297.
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