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Stapes Ankylosis And Its Mobilization, Emery I. Pick

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Otosclerosis is a frequent affliction resulting in progressive hearing loss. With the advance of ear surgery during the past 25 years various procedures have been proposed for the correction of this condition. Among their number surgical mobilization of the stapes has assumed considerable importance. In this paper, which is presented as a thesis to fulfill the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, the operation will be discussed on the basis of the literature and the author's own experiences with the procedure.

Surgery For Benign Biliary Tract Disease : An Analysis Of 310 Cases From Smaller Hospitals, Theodore E. Wade

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The results of biliary tract surgery in three small general hospitals serving suburban communities was studied. Their average daily censuses were 38, 70, and 97. Fourteen (4.5%) of 310 cases of benign biliary tract disease died after surgery. Among 219 cases of elective cholecystectomy, four patients (l.8%) died. The mortality in 1196 cases reported from small hospitals by this, and three other authors, was 3.3%. This is slightly higher than the mean mortality, 2.4% among 25 reports of surgical mortality for gall stone disease found in the literature. The maximum number of cases came to surgery …

Congenital Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis, Robert George Lukens

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Cardiac Arrhythmias Following Total Pneumonectomy, Arthur C. Miller

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A Study Of Obstructive Jaundice And Drainage Of The Bile Duct System: Presentation Of A New Method Of Pre-Surgical Continuous Drainage Of The Obstructed Bile Duct System, By Transhepatic Percutaneous Catheterization Of An Intrahepatic Bile Duct, Alexander Coblentz

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Tuberculosis Of The Vertebral Bodies From The Thoracic Surgeon's View, George James Coloviras Jr.

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A Statistical Review Of 436 Submucous Resections With Post-Operative Results Of 338 Cases, D. Wilson Hales

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